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    “Sleep. I watch,” he warbles from his post at the door. The first thing he’s said to me in hours. We haven’t talked about anything yet, aside from his pushing to prove I wasn’t hiding more contraband. I scowl at him.

    “Don’t want to.” I feel like one of my kids with the level of petulance that seeps into my voice. I miss my kids. I miss having a place. I have a place here, I need to accept it’s just… Different. Still, I’m not gonna listen to Rocky right now.

    Rocky grumbles at me. “Scientists say Grace hasn’t slept in 32.6 hours.” Jeez, has it really been that long? I don’t think I’ve had an all-nighter that bad since college. “Cognitive impairment begins after only 24. Bad decisions, dangerous thoughts like you mention. Why you are sick.”

    “You left me.” I didn’t mean to say that. Too late.

    or Grace is having a hard time adjusting to life on Erid, and it only gets worse when Rocky disappears. They work it out.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    It's not jealousy. Adrian is adamant about that. They are actually insisting that it’s not any emotion at all. Not even dislike. They are simply completely uninterested in anything that concerns “the human”. 

    Rocky believes them. Adrian has always been the level-headed one out of the two of them. They are too logical to be jealous. They acknowledge that Grace and Rocky have a special bond after everything they went through together and also understand that none of that will ever pose a threat to their relationship. 

    Neither are they heartless or ungrateful. They know that Grace is the only reason that Rocky is back at all, the only reason their star has stopped dying. Adrian has told Rocky again and again that they are grateful and happy and wish the alien no ill will. They even helped with the construction of the biodome.

    And yet they have no desire to get to know Grace. 

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    You know those videos where the dad is like "You may keep the cat but I will have nothing to do with it" and a few days later they are smothering the kitty with cuddles and love?

    Adrian never stood a chance.

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    14 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 55

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    There are still four viable sperm samples in the Hail Mary’s deep freeze storage. Ryland knows this because he’s asked Mary about it twice since the day Jude was born. Once, when she was barely six months old, which unnerved him so badly that he slammed the laptop shut before Mary could finish telling him about the samples.

    The second time was about five minutes ago, give or take a few seconds.

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    12 Jun 2026

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    “Rocky,” I say. “Is this a … a fleshlight?”

    “No. Fleshlight is specific Earth product. This Rocky human relief aid prototype. Same function, different origin.”

    Well, asked and answered, I guess.

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    10 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 43

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    Grace and Rocky explore each other's bodies on the trip to Erid. It goes poorly, generally speaking.

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    08 Jun 2026

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    Grace and Rocky survived the trip to Erid. Now, all Grace has to do is live on a planet meant to kill him, charm his best friend's mate, and figure out why all these Eridians keep giving him rocks. Easy right? As long as he doesn't die of scurvy, first.

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    02 Jun 2026

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    In Eridian culture, forcing someone into a state of sleep is one of the worst crimes someone can commit.

    Rocky discovers what happened to Grace.

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    24 May 2026

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    “What are you talking about?” Grace's fingers played quick chords as he spoke. He didn’t even look as he did it, but it did not make them any less purposeful.

    “Discussing possible reasons why Tau Ceti is not infected while other stars are,” Eva replied deftly. “I would invite you to join, but we were just finishing—”

    “Oh, that’s easy.” His hand twisted a knob, and the notes came out sharper. “It is infected—Petrova Line and everything.”

    In Grace's opinion, dreaming about time traveling is no excuse for getting out of practice with his Eridian. To the rest of the Petrova Taskforce, it seems a bit odd that their resident Astrophage expert has suddenly taken to carrying a keyboard around and playing it whenever he speaks. Eva Stratt resolves to figure out what is going on.

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    23 May 2026

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    There’s probably only one universe in which Orpheus turning back will save Eurydice. Grace sure hopes it’s this one.

    Soulmate AU.

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    23 May 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 83

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    Grace never explained how he got on the ship. Rocky never explained what he did for forty-six years in space.

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    Five times Rocky thought Grace didnt need him anymore and the one time he couldn't be more wrong.

    (Blend of book and movie events)

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    23 May 2026

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    {Also can better see Grace. Study Grace. Understand what Grace fifth limb is.}

    “Woah,” I laughed, “I appreciate it, but that’s… for mating and waste.”

    {I know. Leaky human has many holes to leak from. Never see this one. Has TWO fluids. Interesting. Rocky will study. Answer questions that Grace won’t answer because blood goes to fifth limb and away from stupid squishy human brain. Like now.}

    That jerk was right. I could feel two things at once. Rocky, above me, VERY deliberately pressing his carapace even closer into my body. And the soft, throbbing sensation between my legs, pressing at the fabric of my sweatpants.

    Ohhhh fudge.

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    Rocky and Grace explore each other on their way to Erid with the help of some hot new xenonite technology!

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    23 May 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 83

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    Rocky finds Yáo's gun and things kind of go downhill from there.

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    21 May 2026

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    All at once, Grace's heart feels like it's shattering. Adrian and Grace had many heart to heart conversations here in the moonlight next to the water, but they had never talked about consent and bodily autonomy in reference to Rocky's exuberance. It was here, actually, that Grace had spilled to Adrian the true purpose of how he ended on Hail Mary, even before he told Rocky.

    Adrian was so steady, so logical and calm and confident, that Grace had felt safe from the moment they met and Adrian had felt comfortable enough to curl a claw around his hand.

    It was this safety and comfort that led to a harebrained idea. Now that he thought it, he couldn't unthink it. He… wanted to kiss Adrian. He wanted his first kiss with another life form to be Adrian. He wanted to feel safe in his body and choices and know his boundaries would be respected.

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    18 May 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 32

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    It's hard to watch your best friend get almost everything you want. Stuck in orbit above Erid, Ryland Grace tries not to look a gift horse in the mouth as he misses home.

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    18 May 2026

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    “Grace can feel song, question?” Rocky asked, slower than usual. The cooing had lulled him, too.

    I… Maybe? Yeah,” Grace whispered, and Rocky had to focus to understand the slurring.

    “Humans can feel sound, question?”

    Grace huffed a small laugh. “Sometimes, yeah. For example, when the sound is… very low and loud, we can feel it in our chests.

    “Song is neither low nor loud.” That would have an entirely different effect.

    I know. I can still feel it, I think. It’s strange.

    “Good strange, question?”

    Good strange, yeah.

    Grace could feel sound. Grace could feel Rocky’s songs.

    Hmm.

    Rocky discovers nature's laws aren't as inflexible as they'd thought. He puts this to good use.

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    16 May 2026

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    As he stared down into the lumpy grey goop that was his evening rations, he contemplated whether it was really worth it.

    They’d come a very long way just for Grace to give up and die at the last hurdle, both physically and emotionally. The Tau Ceti system was a long, long way away now, and Grace had faced not one but two highly emotional suicide missions. Three, if you counted the time before he was given a military grade roofie and hucked into space without his memories.

     

    Rocky and Grace make it back to Erid! Huzzah!
    Now they have to navigate all of... that.

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    15 May 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 54

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    "“Hey Rocky, don’t you need to sleep soon?” he asks, filling the silence before it gets weird. Or weirder.
    “I sleep when Grace.”
    “What? And you didn’t even wake me up to watch you?”
    Rocky honest-to-god shrugs, which Grace swears is not a thing he used to do."

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    in which Grace is writing a science paper and Rocky is lying about something. set in the early days into the Erid roadtrip!

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    10 May 2026

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    Erid scientists have developed a way to see Grace's memories. This session, they unfortunately watch Grace's last moments on Earth.

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    10 May 2026

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    "So how humans pick partner?"

    "Well, sexually speaking, I guess a lot of humans go off of looks,” said Grace. “Physical appearance.”

    “Physical appearance!” Rocky was scandalized. “No good. Bad variable. Tell you nothing. Have to run experiment. Have to try.”

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    10 May 2026

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    The biodome is, at last, finished.

    Grace runs.

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    08 May 2026

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