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  1. Rec 70

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    Three times Ryland Grace being sick is met with indifference + one time a sentient rock takes it very seriously.

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    “Hi,” he says, trying out the word. He sounds snotty and sleepy. “Sorry to bother you. I think… I-I think someone el-else needs to watch my group.”

    There’s silence on the other end.

    “Why?” is all that comes next.

    Inconvenience.

    He’s always an inconvenience.

    Ryland sucks in a deep breath that leaves him coughing. “I don’t feel… I d-don’t feel very well, and… I t-threw up, and I…”

    His voice gives out before he can finish.

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    15 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 26

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    Ryland Grace has been on Erid for at least a year now, but then something unexpected turns up in his life: a creature from a different world that has become a side project of study, but will it stay that way?

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    13 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 36

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    Rocky hummed. "We have cultural practice. Is like mates without eggs. It is like… soul bond. Other person who is part of you."

    "I like that," Grace smiled. "Sounds a bit like platonic soulmates from Earth culture."

    "Yes yes yes," Rocky said. "Tried to find words on thinking machine. Those are right words, amaze amaze amaze!"

    On Erid, just because you have a mate, it doesn't mean you can't have a soul bond with someone else too.

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    11 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    "Yeah," you mumble, blinking slow and looking away in embarrassment. "I— you can touch me. If you want to." It's not quite an answer to what he asked, but it's good enough. It's painfully clear that you're not used to being the one to follow and let someone else take over. Not that Ryland minds, he is a teacher, after all.

    "Thank you, because I really do want to."

    OR: after weeks of letting you run yourself ragged, Ryland finally puts his foot down and implores that you let him help you blow off some steam.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Three years after the probes carrying Taumoeba and Dr. Ryland Grace's final message arrive on Earth, humanity launches an interstellar spaceship with a brand new mission. Thirty-six crew members (including two graduates of a certain San Franciscan junior high school) travel to the star 40-Eridani to make friendly contact with the Eridians and bring them the alien life form from Tau Ceti-E that can save their star if Dr. Grace's sacrifice failed.

    Grace, now fifty-seven years old, is just trying to balance his life as a teacher while no longer being the only human on the planet anymore. It's a big adjustment, but Rocky and the Terra's Grace crew are going to make sure he's well taken care of.

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    10 Jun 2026