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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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    25 Jun 2026

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    It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.

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    25 Jun 2026

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    Ryland has a tattoo. So does Rocky. It's not the same thing, but it also really is.

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    25 Jun 2026

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    "Don't try to get up," Colt says. His voice is very even. "Stay right there, Ry. Just stay."

    The man between them looks almost bored, which is somehow the worst thing about him. He checks his watch. He looks at the door.

    Come on, Colt thinks. At no one. At the door. At the empty idea of rescue. Come on. Come on.

    He doesn't let himself think the name.

    He thinks it anyway.

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    12 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 26

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    He now has someone to be brave for.

    5 times Rocky helped Grace, and 1 time Grace helped Rocky (and all Rocky plural)

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    12 Jun 2026

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    It's not cold like that time Ryland went camping in the Rockies. That had been fun. Finding a cold spot in your spaceship 13-light years away from home? Not fun.
    Which is especially bad because apparently he's the only one who can feel it.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Ryland and Eva get married. For pragmatic purposes. (Totally.)

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    08 Jun 2026

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    “Here? Here? Here?” He's not testing anymore. The little rascal has my body figured out and he goes for all my ticklish spots. Even through this new discovery, he's being careful not to hurt me.

    “Get-” I choke out through bubbling laughter, “Get off!”

    I try to push up, but he puts a limb on my back, pushing me down harder. I can't get up.

    The laughter dies.

    I can't get up.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    "Humans put Eridians in game, question?"

    "You mean, like a spider?" I ask. "Are you seeing a spider?"

    "Not spider," Rocky says. "Four legs. Tall carapace."

    "What color is it?"

    "Middle-rough."

    Middle-rough. That's Eridian for green.

    "Strange sound," Rocky comments.

    The creeper explodes.

    Grace and Rocky play Minecraft. That's it that's the fic

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    05 Jun 2026

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    It was supposed to be a normal day on the Vat.

    But then Stratt entered his lab with proof that sentient aliens existed, and were trying to communicate with humans.

    Oh, and they specifically wanted to speak with him.

    He needed more candy if he was going to make it through this.

    Rocky remembers meeting a leaky space blob who helped save the stars. Said space blob does not remember him. For now. Rocky will fix.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    ‘Hey Rocky,’ I slur. ‘You make these stars for me, buddy?’

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    31 May 2026

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    The deaf spot of all Eridians is silent, open air. A piece of the crumbling biodome’s ceiling finally snaps from its connection point and plummets. It falls towards the abandoned shore, unapologetic to anyone who may already be down there.

    Rocky can’t realize something’s quickly approaching them until it’s far too late.

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    Set hundreds of years after the end of the book, a case of wrong-place/wrong-time leads Rocky to a catch a glimpse of what and who might be waiting for them beyond.

    (Rocky finally gets to see Grace again)

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    30 May 2026

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    Within the tight quarters of the Hail Mary, misunderstandings, arguments, and accidents are bound to happen. It's especially unfortunate when all three happen at once.

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    30 May 2026

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    Distantly, Grace recognizes what he's experiencing is either impossible or has already happened -- but it doesn't make the nightmare any easier to process. The science behind dreaming and nightmares is easy to explain to an Eridian. The emotional turmoil that comes with it is...not so much.

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    30 May 2026

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    The Ryland Grace Memorial Diner sat between a construction site and a cluster of small apartments on the recovering streets of San Francisco.

    It was founded in 1972, renamed in 2051, and in 2053, a statue of a schoolteacher was erected within its walls. Now, it attracted tourists and students alike, bright eyes and eager minds all competing for a view of Earth’s most beloved man in man’s most beloved habitat.

    Or: A look at the people of the San Fran diner Grace goes to every morning for breakfast in the book.

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    30 May 2026

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    they try to block everything else out. a lot of it finds them anyway.

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    29 May 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 75

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    Months before the departure of the Hail Mary, a terrorist attack lands a deadly strike on the research buildings at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Ryland Grand and Eva Stratt are caught in a collapsing building and trapped deep under the rubble. With Grace seriously injured and running out of time, can they find a way to survive until help arrives?

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    29 May 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 93

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    Stars danced across his vision, blurred and smudged like wet paint, broken glasses pressed uncomfortably against his face. He tried to gasp for air, but it was like his lungs just couldn’t inflate. He was winded, he vaguely understood, but he couldn’t think straight past the panic that pumped through his veins.

    Every attempt at breath felt like knives in his body, electricity shooting across his clavicle, pinpricks scattered his face, lightning down his spine. His body had never felt heavier, like the atmosphere had gotten denser, his limbs chained down.

    Flame burned in the distance, catching the corner of his vision. That couldn’t be good.

    or; Grace was just a little bit closer to the explosion at the space facility and ruins Stratt's backup plan.

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    29 May 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 97

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    On the journey to Erid, Grace and Rocky discuss their respective alien biologies and Rocky learns that a lot of humans don't make it to the average 80 year life expectancy.

    Years later, it looks like Rocky is going to learn that lesson again in a more personal way, but not if he has anything to say about it.

    Feat: Grace being susceptible to medical misconceptions aka being a little dumb about human medical science (he’s not that kind of doctor, okay?), old man Grace ignoring pain and injury because he’s used to it, worried Rocky, and a peek at daily life on Erid

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    28 May 2026

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    Jesus, my back.

    I pause, gasping for breath — I'm genuinely sweating. And embarrassed. I wonder if Rocky can hear me losing to a slab of wood.

    God, I hope he can't. Please God.

    It's stuck behind a few empty crates and some miscellaneous spare lab supplies. A few beakers. A blender, for some reason. An ironing board. Why? Because go to hell, Ryland Grace, that's why. You can't have enough fuel to come back but you can have an ironing board with no iron. Here's two kilos of cement-flavoured coma slurry. Kill yourself.

    "I'm being dramatic," I tell myself aloud.

    I'm really not. Dying in space is a very dramatic situation.

    The ways that Rocky and Grace miss everything all the time, yet watch over each other, always.

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    27 May 2026

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