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    March had his palm read once, years back, by a hack psychic in a gaudy tent at some old timey carnival Holly had begged to go to. She'd taken one look at his craggy hands – two fingers bandaged at the time - and told him, in no uncertain terms, that if he didn't slow down, boy, he was gonna hurt himself. He tipped her very badly.

    Suffice to say, he did not often have the appearance of a man in control of his own destiny.

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    09 Jul 2026

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    Colt is thirty-five when he loses his brother.

    He’s seventy-three when he sees him again.

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    08 Jul 2026

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    I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.

    Right up until Rocky asks another question.

    “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”

    Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”

    Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.

    “Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”

    I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.

    “When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”

    I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.

    “Grace. When last time, question.”

    I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.

    “Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”

    I can taste grass.

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    AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    All parts after part 1 can be read separately or as part of the series!

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    30 Jun 2026

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    He’d been so used to seeing his own face on someone else that he’d never considered the possibility of only seeing it in pictures and the mirror.

    Ryland’s statue doesn’t age. It hasn’t wrinkled like Colt has. It looks relaxed, content, but human. It sits with one leg tucked up against its chest, leaning back against the statue of Rocky. Its chin is tilted down, not up. It makes direct eye contact with the person sitting on the bench in front of it.

    Ryland makes direct eye contact with Colt, and looks exactly the same as the last time he saw him.

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    Colt Seavers receives a birthday gift from someone unexpected.

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    29 Jun 2026