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    Remember when Hayden Pike punches Ilya after Shane said not to, right before the announcement of the Irina Foundation? Remember that that was the second time Hayden laid his hands on Ilya in the first month of knowing him?

    Or, Shane gets rightfully fed up after the first month of Hayden's behavior towards Ilya. Punching Ilya was the final straw, so he tells Hayden to pretend he never found out. It sets off a chain of events landing him, happily, in Ottawa a year earlier and with a better support system for both him and Ilya.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    Eva Stratt reviews the beetle probe footage Ryland Grace sent back; thirty-one hours of him solving the astrophage problem, introducing Rocky, and explaining how to save the sun. But across every video, in the background of every frame, is someone Grace has never mentioned. Someone injured. Someone healing. Someone who shouldn't be there at all.

    Stratt is very good at her job. She notices everything.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    The Blood Eel only knows pain and isolation in its world. Others have come searching for answers, only to learn in the end that death is the only one that matters. But then it meets Simon. As it unmakes him it catches a glimpse of something its never seen before, Happiness. It wants to learn about it, yet Simon doesn't know it. It goes to throw him away, but then he utters a prayer.

    Hail Mary, full of Grace

    The Blood Eel searches the cosmos and comes across The Hail Mary, occupied by Ryland Grace, and it decides this is what Simon was asking for. So it obliges.

    What follows is the story of two lost souls coming together in a cosmic event, learning together to live, to love, to be happy. All while The Blood Eel looks on, insuring it continues to learn, one way or another.

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    27 Jun 2026

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    “Big news! Statement.” Rocky chimes brightly.

    “Okaaaay. Lay it on me.”

    “Two things. First thing.” Rocky begins, holding one arm up, “Eridian crew return safe and sound from mission!”

    “That’s great!” He nods.

    Rocky holds up a second arm.

    “Second thing: Eridian crew find strange moon. No landmasses. Consisted entirely of an ocean of blood.”

    “That is...decidedly not great."

    (or: how two humans that have little trust in humanity learn to be comfortably human with one another.)

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    27 Jun 2026

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    At Shane and Ilya's magical outdoor wedding, Jackie watches Arthur, Amber, Ruby, and Jade take part in the ceremony while reflecting on Hayden's absence after the fallout at the cottage. During the reception, Rose Landry delivers a heartfelt best man's speech about Shane and Ilya's lifelong devotion to one another, the hardships they endured to be together, and the way they have always chosen each other above everyone else. As Rose celebrates Shane finally being able to live openly and happily with Ilya, Jackie is forced to confront the friendship Hayden lost through his own choices.

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    09 Jun 2026