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  1. Public Bookmark 45

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    I think everyone needs to hear someone say, “Nobody else will do. It has to be you,” sometime in their lives, even if it only happens once. Just once is enough. As long as you can feel sure those words were sincere, you can live through anything, no matter how painful.

    Except Rocky isn’t the first person to say that to me, is he? Now that I think about it, I realize I’ve heard it before.

    Stratt just phrased it poorly, that’s all.

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    01 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 32

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    Rocky and Adrian are brooding their nest site, leaving Grace to his own devices for 5.5 Eridian years. At least he’ll have company. From many other Eridians; many he’s met before, others he meets for the first time.

    (Alternately, Adrian wants to be sure Grace has sufficient behavioral enrichment so he doesn’t go cuckoo again)

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    01 Jul 2026

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    Less than 2 months away from Erid. In the process of the Hail Mary evading an exoasteroid, Rocky falls from top to bottom of the ship.

    In normal circumstances, Rocky could shake it off. Maybe a little sore, but okay.

    In this case, Rocky cannot.

    Rocky is scared.

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    30 Jun 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 52

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    “Dr. Grace? As in the Dr. Grace who studied the Arclight samples and named Astrophage?" Minoru felt as if he was going to explode from excitement, “He’s here? On this boat?!”

    Ilyukhina laughed and Minoru didn’t even care that she was making fun of him. Even Dubois seemed a little taken aback by the enthusiasm. Shapiro though— her eyes were glowing.

    “Yes he’s on the boat!”

    “Do you think we’ll get to meet him?!”

    “Who do you think is going to teach us how to handle Astrophage?” Dubois asked, like he thought they were both overreacting. Minoru felt like he was going to faint.

    Alternatively: Ryland Grace in the eyes of others during his time on The Petrova Task Force and Project Hail Mary.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    When Ryland Grace wakes up, all knows is the weight of the world has been put on his shoulders. He isn't an astronaut. He isn't the best of the best like Yao and Ilyukhina are. He doesn't even know why he volunteered. But his crewmates never needed another astronaut. They need him. And they aren't alone.

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    AU in which Yao and Ilyukhina survive the coma because I love them and I need Grace to have human contact. AKA Rocky returns home with three weird aliens.

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    30 Jun 2026