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  1. Public Bookmark 37

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    While studying the astrophage in the dingy, hollow hangar, Grace coughs. And a cough isn't supposed to trigger a full-scale quarantine, but Stratt disagrees.

    Grace is pretty sure everyone is overreacting. After all, it's a cough. A cold? The sniffles, at worst. It's nothing to freak out about and it surely doesn't warrant this type of shutdown, right?

    He is, unfortunately, wrong about that.

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    10 Jul 2026

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    In loco parentis (Latin): "in the place of a parent." A legal term denoting the responsibility of an institution or individual for a child in the absence of the child's parent or guardian. In education, this responsibility is shared between the school and the teacher.

    Some teachers take it to heart more than others.

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    01 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 37

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    “That’s mine,” Stratt says immediately when he finally catches up to her and offers up his cardigan. “Why do you have it,” she asks, kind of.

    “Uh, no. This one’s mine, you klepto.” He takes her coffees from her with one hand but doesn’t let go of the cardigan just yet. Something about how tightly she’s grasping it makes his eye twitch. He really likes this one.

    “First of all, this is a woman’s cardigan. I’ve owned it for ten years.” She yanks hard on the fabric and Grace’s elbow is forcibly extended when he doesn’t let go. “This is not yours.”

    “Nuh-uh.” He yanks back. “I got this cardigan when we flew to London last April, remember? I lost your credit card? It has these elbow patches that make me look all academic and stuff.” He twists his elbows around to try and show her.

    in other news:

    Stratt and Grace fall into the habit of sharing clothes but they justify it in a really complicated way.

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    30 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 77

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    Ryland Grace is an alien on Erid. He still hasn't mastered reading Eridian body language and that gap in his knowledge leads him to be taken advantage of by his very own doctor.

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    29 Jun 2026

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    The arm slows down, hovering right in front of my face as it makes a final calibration, aiming the feeding tube directly toward my left nostril. The synthetic scent of sterilized plastic drifts into my nose. My brain recognizes it immediately, and my mouth is suddenly flooded with the faint taste of artificial strawberry…

    On the way to Erid, Grace is having a hard time adjusting to eating coma slurry and Taumoeba, and it's taking a toll on his health. While trying to find a way to make eating easier, he is suddenly reminded that neither his struggle with food, nor his lack of agency, began with the mission.

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    10 Jun 2026