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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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    20 Jun 2026

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    Hmmm 👀

  2. Public Bookmark 40

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    I shift, untucking my chest and arms so I can sit up in bed. "Earlier, when you asked for a laptop as a gift—I know this is probably just, uh, homophones—but it kind of sounded like you said my name?"

    He sets his tools down so that he can stomp his feet and turn in a circle—something I've started to understand is a gesture of mild embarrassment.

    «…is stupid.»

     

    OR: Rocky, Grace, and the art of reacting to your best friend telling you that you're the literal answer to his prayers

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    12 Jun 2026

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    “Sorry, bud. It’s going to be a hm… a bit of a pickle to keep me alive.” Grace chuckles.

    “Eridians build whatever Grace needs." Rocky chirps. ”Food that taste good and other stupid needs. Grace no worry. Stay alive and happy, Rocky make sure.”

    Grace nods, but that familiar fear is creeping up on him. The one that visits him when his head hits the pillow, that makes him feel like he's just stalling the inevitable. It's silly.

    All he has to do is not starve on the way to Erid. Then he'll be the only human on the planet. For the rest of his life. Which is not scary at all.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    I’ll figure something out. Something else. I have the best lab in the world (or, well, the best lab ever made on Earth), I have all the reference materials a guy could want, I am smart and I have a very smart friend who is very dedicated to keeping me alive. I’ll be alright. I’ll find a way. I’ll—

    If you awake,” Rocky says suddenly, startling me again. “You say ‘if you awake’. There is another option, question?”

    …Have I mentioned that he is very smart?

    Sometimes it’s not a good thing!

    Or: going into a coma on the way to Erid might be Grace's best shot at survival. No one on the ship likes the idea.

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    31 May 2026

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    The alien—Grace—is finally asleep. Or, at least, Rocky thinks he is. He’s curled on his side, tucked away under a covering. Rocky sits on the other side of the alcove the human lies in, fiddling away with one of his many repair projects. Typically, watching another as they sleep is fairly straightforward and uneventful. Not much is needed beyond something to do and to keep a lookout for whoever’s resting.

    But Rocky can’t help but focus more on Grace as he rests. He just can’t; the way the human sleeps is, quite literally, otherworldly.

     

    Or: Snippets of Rocky watching Grace sleep during their mission to save their stars

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    30 May 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 54

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    On the way back to the Blip A following their misadventures over Adrian, Rocky and Grace are recovering from their injuries, exhausted and traumatised, when a misunderstanding threatens to tear them apart.

    Chapter 2, Grace's pov.

    “ - Grace liar,” Rocky snapped, deliberately moving as far from the barrier as he could and hunkering down in the corner, tremors continuing to run through him.
    His hand was still on the xenonite. It was shaking. “Rocky - “
    “ - leave me alone! Demand.”
    His teeth sank deep into the side of his mouth until he could taste blood. “I'll leave you alone if you can tell me you're safe right now.”
    Rocky's carapace jerked up towards him and he spoke in a low monotone. “What Grace going to do if not safe, question? Don't have anymore scabs to blow off.”
    Oh, that was...getting hit with superheated ammonia had hurt less. Didn't matter. “Are you safe?”
    “Yes. Go.”

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    26 May 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 77

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    My head lifted from where it had been sitting in my hands. My hands didn’t feel real anymore. I stared at the box in front of me. Before I could protest, my shaking limbs dragged my weary body to it, grabbing the small firearm. It was heavier than I anticipated. It was almost unassuming.

    Grace is not doing well. Thank God he has Rocky.

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    22 May 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 52

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    Survival is an equation. Keeping yourself alive through the process is a mindset. Ryland Grace is a scientist, surely he can figure this out, right? It’s only 1,361 days. And… however many days it takes after that. He’ll be fine. He has to be.

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    Grace knew he would starve on their way to Erid, but surviving it is a change in plans that comes at a cost. Relevant triggers in author's notes.

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    22 May 2026

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    A good day, a bad day, and an okay day on the Hail Mary's journey to Erid. Rocky's POV.

    Chapter 1: Grace introduces Rocky to the Mythbusters
    Chapter 2: Grace has been asleep for 41,400 seconds, and is still sleeping.
    Chapter 3: Love to the point of invention

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    20 May 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 67

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    Mark wakes up cold and decides he wants to go find something warm to drink. Luckily, he’s a genius and remembers something of great importance.

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    29 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    So so so good wahhhh

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    “I had assumed you two were engaged in sexual congress,” DuBois says, shrugging carelessly, as if he didn’t just drop a metaphorical bomb in the middle of a crowded break room.

    I sputter, choking on the beer. “Wha— what?!”

    Grace learns that everyone thinks Stratt and he are in a relationship. Cue aroace panic. A lot of aroace panic.

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    28 Apr 2026

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    EXCELLENT

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    “It’s different when I’m… looking at it. Thinking about it. Do I need to tell you again about the whole ‘taboo’ thing? I can go over it again.”

    “And I watch you. We are already several layers deep into taboo.”

    “I would be eating myself!”

    “Grace,” I can’t help but stamp a claw for emphasis. It needs to listen,”your body is already eating itself.”
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    Or

    Grace finds out that he can stomach the meburger.

    It’s not a happy moment!

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    28 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Ooiuuuhh this was so good, a little uncomfortable but in the BEST WAY ooouhhhh

  13. Public Bookmark 52

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    Rocky has opted to stay on the Hail Mary for now. Someone has to watch Grace sleep, after all, and he doesn’t trust that duty to anyone else. Grace has been unwell for many days, and Rocky isn’t about to let anything happen to him, not now that they’ve made it to Erid and safety.

    (Grace's worsening illness starts reminding Rocky too much of the past.)

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    27 Apr 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 41

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    Ryland Grace is so close to finally cracking these numbers, he can feel it.

    Maybe he should’ve slept a bit longer last night. Or, at all.

    Ryland Grace overworks himself trying to prove a point while preparations for the Hail Mary mission are running at high speed. What kind of consequences is that going to have for him, the project, or his coworkers turned friends?

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    26 Apr 2026

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

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    24 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    so good so silly but then author said 'or is it' so maybe it will not be silly and it will be DRAMATIC and i am READY

  16. Public Bookmark 17

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    "Taumoeba kept me alive, but I became severely malnourished. The microbes gave me calories, but they weren't a balanced diet. Those were painful days. I had scurvy, beriberi, and a raft of other maladies." (Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary, 2021)

    I have medical school exams in 4 weeks, come study the GI tract with me! An account of the effects of malnutrition on Grace on the way to Erid.

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    23 Apr 2026

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    Grace is dying. He's been dying half this trip. There's no point in ignoring it, though he and Rocky try to anyway. One particularly bad day, he finds he can't shake the thought of Yao's gun, hidden away down in storage and calling to him.

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    "There's a gun on the ship.
    A gun on the ship for one very specific reason. A reason that Grace has spent years running away from, but one that keeps chasing after him. "

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    22 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    SCREAMING and CRYING

  18. Public Bookmark 74

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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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    19 Apr 2026

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    There’s a gas leak on the Hail Mary and the sensors aren’t working properly. Ryland acts as a sensor.

    (Or Grace suffers from hypoxia and Rocky fixes it)

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    16 Apr 2026

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    This is all Rocky's fault. He was stupid, stupid, stupid. How could he be so stupid and let this happen? Between the two of them, Grace was supposed to be the stupid one, not Rocky.

    They were supposed to be okay, fine. Rocky and Grace saved the stars, saved Earth and Erid, saved humans and eridians. Rocky helped Grace and Grace helped Rocky. Then Grace saved Rocky. So Rocky had to save Grace.

    Now they're supposed to be safe and fine.

    But Grace isn't fine. Not at all. And it's all his fault.

     

    Or, Grace accidentally comes into contact with Erid bacteria and gets sick, Rocky (understandably) panics

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    15 Apr 2026

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