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    A Rocky POV of Project Hail Mary, but add in a sprinkle of originally named astrophages, petrova lines, language barriers, trauma recovery, and extra, extra worldbuilding. Includes pre- and post-canon!

    La traduccion al espanol by MichiHolmes! Gracias!

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    One day, his strumming was not answered.

    The silence that answered his one verse of song was horrible and grating. Incomplete. Empty. A sick, horrible fear built up inside him.

    (He was going to die out here. Alone.)

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    "Iz huhg," Grace sniffled out, sucking back in moisture from his noze, too. There was moisture and water and everything all over the place. "Huhg meens grayt, grayt, grayt affekshun."

    "Oh," he said tentatively. Another hewmin thing! He shuffled closest to the wall Grace was huhging and leaned in. "Oh. Am I doing correctly, hmm?"

    "Yis," Grace sighed out, calming down. He still leaked, though.

    Oh, well. Leaky hewmins were his favorite, after all.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    ch16

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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 Jun 2026

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    The journey to Erid is going to be long and difficult for Grace, somewhere around 4 years for him and Rocky to get back home

    Grace will face many difficulties as he attempts to survive the trip there - lacking food and other basic resources - but he has Rocky by his side, always

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    Please mind the tags on this fic as it does deal with some darker topics at length, such as child abuse and suicide

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    23 Jun 2026

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    Between Grace's scant first aid and the nanny bot they managed to get the man mostly stable, tucked into Grace's bed and completely dead to the world for the past few days.

    It's the same man currently trying to kill him.
     

    or, the Eridians find a man covered in blood and Grace hasn't been able to care for something in far too long.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    ch3

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    Project Hail Mary from Rocky's Perspective.

    Also includes a couple of bonus chapters at the end.

    Bonus chapter 1: Rocky and Grace's arrival at Erid
    Bonus chapter 2: Grace introduces Rocky to Earth life
    Bonus chapter 3: Grace introduces Rocky to Tetris
    Bonus chapter 4: Rocky finds out about the Golden Record
    Bonus chapter 5: The Eridians plan and initiate 'Project Saving Grace'

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    23 Jun 2026

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