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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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    29 May 2026

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    The Eridians have finally gotten the water feature in Ryland's personal zoo enclosure just right (even if Rocky would like him to stop calling his dome that).

    Rocky refuses to believe that humans naturally float. There is no way Ryland's entire species regularly goes into deep water for fun.

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    25 May 2026

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    Fault tolerance/catastrophic functionality:
    a system's capability to handle faults without any degradation or downtime. [...] Failure tolerant systems mask errors and maintain failure-free operation in the presence of one or more faulty components. [Wikipedia]


    Eva Stratt knows Ryland Grace has a problem.

    But the end of the world doesn't stop for one man's problems, and she can't afford to lose her leading Astrophage expert to rehab.

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    12 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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    12 May 2026

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    Instead of driving away and succumbing to MAD, Jonah runs off into the woods after only making it a couple feet away from the house. Instead of taking the car and leaving, Adam searches for him. Unbeknownst to the both of them, a certain bystander doesn’t like this outcome.

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