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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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    02 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 48

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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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    02 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 31

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    "I know you hate calling me that. Convict, I mean," Simon tells him. "And I'm sorry that I keep asking you to."

    Simon watches as Dr. Grace pauses, like his whole body and brain systems stall into a stillness that is uncharacteristic of him.

    Or: Simon needs assurances that Ryland is human and not another trick. Ryland will do whatever it takes to help Simon, even if he doesn't like it. They find their way.

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    01 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 97

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    5 times Ryland Grace initiated physical contact with Simon.

    And the 1 time Simon initiated.

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    01 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 63

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    Simon wakes up somewhere between life and death. His time on AT-5 would see him wrestling with his humanity in both mind and body.
    Companionship would find him in the place he least expected.

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    01 Jul 2026