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    A Rocky POV of Project Hail Mary, but add in a sprinkle of originally named astrophages, petrova lines, language barriers, trauma recovery, and extra, extra worldbuilding. Includes pre- and post-canon!

    La traduccion al espanol by MichiHolmes! Gracias!

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    One day, his strumming was not answered.

    The silence that answered his one verse of song was horrible and grating. Incomplete. Empty. A sick, horrible fear built up inside him.

    (He was going to die out here. Alone.)

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    "Iz huhg," Grace sniffled out, sucking back in moisture from his noze, too. There was moisture and water and everything all over the place. "Huhg meens grayt, grayt, grayt affekshun."

    "Oh," he said tentatively. Another hewmin thing! He shuffled closest to the wall Grace was huhging and leaned in. "Oh. Am I doing correctly, hmm?"

    "Yis," Grace sighed out, calming down. He still leaked, though.

    Oh, well. Leaky hewmins were his favorite, after all.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    On chapter 15

    This shit is peak.

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    The bromance betwixt these two men must be studied.

    On the way to Erid, there remain challenges not even the purity of Grace's soul can solve.

    We remember Eva Stratt fondly until I decide otherwise.

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    15 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 35

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    Grace and Rocky pass the time by watching terrible (and not so terrible) movies on their way to Erid.

    Or, Grace almost starves to death and they both realize what love really means, Grace most of all.

    (Or, Earth had never been very kind to Grace. So he gave it the same energy back... until it bit him in the butt. And even on an alien planet 16.3 light years away it continues to bite him in the butt, unless he can learn to come to terms with who he was and who he became.)

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    15 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Finished chapter two, shaping up to be great reading material.

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    After the Taumoeba leak, after I decided to die after all and turned my ship around to save Rocky, after Rocky's frantic calculations about food supplies, Taumoeba multiplication rates, and human caloric intake needs, after we realized that with some rationing and luck I would make it, but that we were headed toward the unknown territory of trying to rapid-prototype me a life support system and synthetic food supply on an inhospitable planet: after all of that, after everything, I shouldn't have been surprised that it only took a few months on board the Hail Mary for things to get weird.

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    14 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Finished chapter 7

    Damn, I’m Rock(y) hard right now

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    “Would it help––should I bring my dinner in too?” Grace jokes, smiling in preparation for the absolute symphony of disgusted whistles he knows Rocky will produce at the thought of them doing something as depraved as sharing a meal. “I’ve been saving this week’s half packet of ramen for just such an occasion––”

    [YES YES YES!] Rocky’s translator app suddenly blares from the laptop on the floor between them. [YES, ACCEPT ACCEPT ACCEPT! GRACE RAMEN ♪♫♪♫ WITH ROCKY, AFFIRMATIVE! GRACE ROCKY EAT ♪♫♪♫ MEAL TOGETHER AFFIRMATIVE YES YES AFFIRMATIVE NOW.]

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    or, a fic to answer the questions: What if you fell in love for the first time in your 40s, and it just so happened to be with your alien best bud who has five legs, no face, and is already married? And then what if you accidentally proposed marriage to said alien best bud without knowing, because while you may be Earth's best and brightest, you are also notoriously inexperienced and kinda stupid at close interpersonal relationships? What then?

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    14 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Finished chapter one, keep an eye on this now and then. It’s looking juicy