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LAKE COMO, ITALY
The first thing Mac realized was that he was being carried, the second thing he realized was that he’d died.
Death left a very specific taste in his mouth, ashy, like he’d taken a big mouthful of a burned out campfire.
In addition to the taste — though that was always the most distinctive sign — was the bitter cold. Even being soaked in freezing water, as he also happened to be, failed to elicit the depths of cold that haunted him after a revival. It felt like his heart was pumping ice-water instead of blood.
Suddenly he was being lowered, a hand cupping the back of his head on the way down to keep it from knocking against the ground. That alone was enough to cue Mac in on who’d been carrying him. In the list of people who cared about him, he didn’t know anyone else who was strong enough and stubborn enough to lug around his frozen corpse.Bookmarked by VickeyStar
09 Jul 2026
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Jack’s gun was angled low but at the ready, aimed at the ground midway between Mac and himself. A short flick, moving the gun less than an inch, and the incremental movement of pulling down on the trigger. The time it’d take the bullet to travel mere feet? Jack didn’t know the exact numbers, but it was going to be faster than the sniper’s bullet from the distant rooftop.
In real time it all played out so much faster, so much colder.
“Shit, I think this is a trap, hoss.” Jack hissed out, unholstering his gun and aiming it down to the ground. “Eyes out.”
Mac grimaced in agreement and twisted to scan the street, half-turning his back to Jack. Then Jack’s gun had jerked up slightly, he’d fired, and Mac hit the ground as the bullet punched into the back of his lower leg. He’d let out a little sound as it happened, a gasped hiss. Half pain, half shock. Pain because he got shot, shock because it had come from where Jack was covering him.//
Cairo June 2025, Day 4
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08 Jul 2026
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When Mac’s nail split, he was surprised first and foremost. He blinked down at his pointer finger, the white line streaking through the nail, the drop of blood welling up at its deepest part, the SAK responsible closed up and innocent in his other hand. The mechanism was stiff, the knife blade resistant to being pulled out and his fingernail too weak to force it. His nail had bent and the knife had snicked back into the SAK.
He thought; weird, that’s never happened to me.
Then he thought; new SAK.
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Mac doesn't think he has any feelings about losing the SAK his grandfather gave him. He's wrong.
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08 Jul 2026
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I'm Ryland Grace - AMA by sly_as_an_alpaca
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
28 Jun 2026
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What the title says. About 11 years ago (from my perspective; relativity is weird) I was launched into space onboard the Hail Mary to figure out a solution to the Astrophage problem. Now I live on an alien planet I call Erid, in the 40-Eridani system. Yes, I’m actually Ryland Grace. Ask me anything.
Also, can someone please tell me if Eva Stratt is alive? And ideally send me a video of you punching her in the face? Guess that’s a long shot, but it can’t hurt to ask.
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Grace and Rocky figure out how to connect to Earth's internet from Erid. They may not have thought this through.
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they'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down by thelilacfield
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026)
06 Jul 2026
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“Are we witnessing you finally realise you are in love with her and you don’t want her to go to prison?” Annie asks, arching an eyebrow, and Ryland’s mouth snaps shut, his cheeks heating.
“I think we are, Doctor Shapiro,” Martin says, linking his arm around Annie’s waist. “Doctor Grace, there is nothing you can do.”
He twitches his glasses up his nose, scrubs a hand through his hair, and says, “They can’t arrest her if they can’t find her.”
“...Oh you are crazy,” Annie says delightedly.
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07 Jul 2026