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  1. Public Bookmark 32

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    On board the Hail Mary, the Xenonite wall between Grace and Rocky keeps both of them alive. But it's failing. In three days, the air that lets Grace breathe will kill Rocky. The ammonia that let's Rocky breathe would be lethal to Grace. And all the while, Grace fights his own problems as an illness drags him under just when he can least afford to fall apart.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Grace has always been a teacher and it's not any different on Erid.

    These are his adventures with his pebbles (and Rocky and Adrian of course)

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    17 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 71

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    It’s gonna be a long trip.

    When I finally found Rocky, stranded in the middle of nowhere, I thought I was going to die. I thought I was going to slowly starve to death. But when I banged on the Blip-A’s hull and suddenly heard Rocky's voice through the radio, it was the best moment of my life.

    But, you know…. I am still, actually, going to starve to death. I hate it when reality sets in.

     

    On the long trip to Erid, Rocky and Grace discover music together. But for Grace, the road gets harder and harder.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    It's going to be a long trip back to Erid. I'm trying to make it as easy on Rocky as I can.

    (Or: Grace is wrong about what Eridians need, and he's especially wrong about why. )

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    15 Jun 2026

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    Living on a spaceship with an alien that exclusively speaks in song can really recontextualize karaoke for a guy.

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    15 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 20

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    Rocky & Grace play Tetris, and also a lot of other stuff happens before and after that. Like a very dangerous chest infection in deep space.

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    14 Jun 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 64

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    Rocky was everywhere in those months. Translating, explaining, checking on Grace between meetings, settling beside him on the beach in the evenings with the comfortable familiarity of someone who had been doing exactly this for years. Which he had. Which was normal. Which was what Grace had.

     

    Then the meetings got longer. Then Rocky started coming to the beach less. Then there were days Grace didn’t see him at all, just received a brief communication through the translator system — Rocky is in conference, will check on Grace later — and later became the next morning, and the morning after that.

     

    Grace told himself this was fine.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    Grace has to handle First Contact with an alien planet with what meager Eridian his one set of vocal chords can make.
    This Is Fine. This is totally, completely, utterly fine.

    (Grace sounds like a pebble. This, alongside Eridian's extended lifespans, kicks off a chain of misunderstandings that Grace would find utterly mortifying if he knew what the heck was going on.)

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    13 Jun 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 58

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    “There’s, um, two clinical manifestations of beriberi. Wet and dry,” he explained. “Dry damages the nervous system. Numbness in the hands and feet, difficulty walking, confusion, all that good stuff.”

    Rocky would never understand how Grace could talk about his body deteriorating so casually. His wry smile every time the taumoeba came right back out of his mouth, the blood left on his toothbrush after he brushed. “I’m leaking again,” he’d laugh. Humans could laugh without sounding happy, Rocky had learned.

    Grace gets beriberi on his way to Erid. Rocky copes.

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    11 Jun 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 71

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    “I'm an apex predator too, remember,” I say, and Rocky and Adrian completely stop their conversation and twist their carapaces around to me.

    On Earth, Rocky says, and there’s an undertone of amusement to his voice. Not on Erid.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    Grace is dying. He and Rocky have made it all the way to Erid, but getting an emaciated, malnourished, mentally fragile Ryland Grace down to a planet designed to kill him is not a simple feat. Rocky desperate to bring his friend home with him, but Grace himself might become the biggest obstacle to seeing that dream realized.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    My pride stings a little at being so underestimated by a species that couldn’t even outrun a particularly determined turtle if their life depended on it. Look, I’m no Sha’Carri Richardson, but I’m pretty proud of my seven-minute mile. I worked hard for it. I haven’t been able to handle myself like this since I was... well, since I left Earth.

    “Y’know what? Let’s settle this once and for all. I could use an endurance test anyway. Good for my cardio.”

    Dr. Bones perks up. “You’ll do a demonstration?”

    “Absolutely. Give me two rest days and a warmup, then I’ll show you what the average human athlete can do.”

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    AKA, Grace doesn't consider himself much of an athlete, but he's no slouch either. And he's got the physical prowess of his whole species to represent!

    The xenobiology team, on the other hand, is horrified to learn what a 'persistence hunter' is.

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    08 Jun 2026

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    The texture of my entire tablet shifts as the video plays.

    It is a recording of the very room we are in. The angle shows the room from above, looking over the beds. In each bed, I can make out the general shape of a human covered by something. Three in total.

    I wait for something to happen. Why is there a recording of the crew in their comas?

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    Rocky stumbles upon surveillance footage of when Grace first woke up.

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    05 Jun 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 72

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    Rocky spent decades alone, further from home than any of his kind had ever been, mourning his friends and knowing that his whole world was counting on him to save them when he had no idea how. No matter what species you are that kind of trauma leaves a mark. Grace tries his best to help.

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    23 May 2026

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    “Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”

    Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –

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    23 May 2026

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    oh my god. oh my GOD. good. good good good

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    The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still. 

    A child, I realize with a start.

    That’s a child! 

    “Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.

    “Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students. 

    Used. 

    The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”

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    How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongs

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    22 May 2026

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    “Human brain needs fix. Has eat, question?”

    “Yep. My carefully rationed coma slurry,” I add pitifully.

    “When Grace last sleep, question?”

    Aw, darn. He got me.

    Ryland Grace never really tried to think much about his lack of sleep problem. That is, until he met an alien that insists on watching him sleep.

    (in which Rocky conducts a sleep experiment, and of course chaos and love ensue)

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    21 May 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 86

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    Mary’s cool voice kills every scrap of relief where it stands. “Manual adjustment required.”

    “What do you mean, manual adjustment?” I demand shrilly. I can feel my heart rate picking back up, and I know Rocky can too, which only makes it worse. The panic from earlier comes back to settle over me like a blanket. Surely the ship’s medical system can fix this. Surely she doesn’t mean I have to–

    (Grace dislocates his shoulder. He's... handling it. Kind of.)

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    17 May 2026

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    Earth sends an interstellar care package for one Ryland Grace. Grace cries about Earth, humanity, and the platonic ideal of tomatoes, in some order

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    16 May 2026

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    Grace squeezes out a wet chuckle, thick with emotion, before suddenly falling silent. Its mouth does that strange up-down up-down movement, like it’s trying to figure out if it’s perplexed or amused. “Wait a minute—“ The human flops on its side to face them.

    “Rock, that almost sounds like I’m your kids’ \.\\.”

    “New word.”

    “Uh… companion animal.”

    —————

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    Grace and Rocky talk about evolution, family dynamics, and dogs.

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    16 May 2026

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