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  1. Public Bookmark 68

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    And one moment that Grace keeps all to himself.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    Grace tries copying the tones.

    Rocky hums. “Close. Skip first note.”

    “Why? You always include that.”

    “This means… of Rocky, possessive. Of the speaker.”

    “My.”

    “Correct. But only for names.”

    “So you’re calling me…?”

    Rocky repeats the word: “My Grace. Yes.”

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    15 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 48

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    You realise that you're pulling your limbs closer to yourself, hunkering down, and force yourself to relax. There's nothing to be scared of. Grace isn't sick, you would have noticed. Right? And even if it is sick, it's not dying, its ship is protected from radiation, so it won't be like- it's going to wake up. You will watch over it until it wakes up.

     

    Grace has a nightmare. Rocky takes it badly.

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    15 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 54

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    The planet 40 Eridani a b is approximately sixteen point three light years away. She checked. It’s actually a very popular Google search these days.

    He keeps having these dreams about a person with no face. It's on the tip of his tongue, really.

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    14 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 25

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    Before the launch of the Hail Mary, Ryland Grace had a totally normal reaction to being asked to participate in a threesome. He didn't freak out at all. He was super cool and dignified about it, actually.

    Years later, on the journey to Erid, remembering this event leads to some interesting discussions with Rocky.

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    14 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 88

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    “Oh, it’s a way for humans to tell each other they’re taken. To remember,” I say, popping a bunch more gummy bears into my mouth. Rocky makes a disgusted sound and I smile as I chew. “It’s just a nice way of showing they have someone they committed to.”

    Rocky freezes. I don’t notice for a good few seconds, not until I get the pressing sensation that he’s staring at me, his lack of eyes irrelevant.

    I turn to face him. He’s jittering, something like shaking from excitement or anger, I’m not sure.

    “Rocky?” I ask.

    Grace have ring,” he points, and oh no.Grace have mate? Why Grace no say!?

    I hold up my hands before he can get too excited, though I can already hear a familiar sound, a repeating joyful and confused song start to escape from him.

    “No, no, no!” he freezes again. Deflates, a little. I sigh and run a hand down my face. “It’s… complicated.”

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    14 Jun 2026

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    "Rocky did not understand human names and titles when we met. Eridian names longer, give information on Eridian's home, associations, skills." For the first time in ages, he positioned two of his arms together, forming the design that Grace thought of like a family crest, a single design bisected.

    "You should teach me to read those before we get to Erid, so I can be polite." As Grace considered the linework, already picking up on some vague ideas from the shapes in Rocky's carapace, something else occurred to him. "So… I picked 'Rocky' because your outer shell looks like stone."

    "And for inspirational story of athlete who defeats human system of poverty to become great champion. Eye of the tiger."

    "Retroactively, yeah." Grace bent at the hips, getting to Rocky's 'eye' level. "So what'd you name me?"

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    12 Jun 2026

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    I fall back down, my head hits the floor. Floor? What am I doing on the floor?

    I look up and see the large yellow sphere again. There’s a red line attached to it. Is it… yeah, that’s my model. I am really on the floor.

    Something tells me I didn’t lie down for fun.

    OR: Ryland's Tuesday is turned upside down when his lesson gets interrupted by a crack in the speakers and a gunshot in the hallway.

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    11 Jun 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 16

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    Rocky’s first night watching Ryland Grace sleep, compared with Eva Stratt’s last.

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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

  11. Public Bookmark 11

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    Ryland Grace has just said goodbye to the best friend he's ever had, before the Hail Mary returns to Earth and the Blip-A returns to Erid. And for the first time in a life spent comfortably alone in crowds, he is truly, agonizingly lonely. Ahead of him, a journey of four years, two months, and eleven days returning to an Earth he's no longer sure he wants. All he knows right now is that he misses his only friend as the space between them widens.

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    08 Jun 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 49

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    “DuBois. Annie. You can’t send them.”

    Eva blinked.

    “Then what do you propose I do instead?”

    His chest stopped moving for a few seconds, as did his hands. He was still, all of a sudden. Motionless, his eyes still staring at her but the muscles around them contracting like he was fighting a deep instinct to squeeze them shut.

    He began to breathe again, shallowly. Then, he opened his mouth.

    “Send me.”

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    Ryland Grace has thought it all through. He is the only person truly qualified for the mission. He knows Stratt will agree to send him; he's expendable to her.

    So naturally, he makes sure they become friends before he leaves.

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    04 Jun 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 24

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    In the wake of the UNESCO conference incident and believing he has nothing meaningful left in his future, a young Ryland Grace meets a stranger while standing at the edge of the Golden Gate Bridge.

    AKA The fox cardigan origin story you never knew you needed.

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    03 Jun 2026

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    Popular tales in Eridian folklore include a long, lanky creature that cracks the carapaces of those who enter the ocean.
    So when Erid’s saviour returns in a small, foreign spaceship, missing 23 crewmates, and presenting a creature with an uncanny resemblance to their cautionary tales, Erid is, understandably, horrified.

    Yet at some point, somehow, the creature had found its way into the hearts of Eridians, and the grotesque alien from the unknown of space became a beloved teacher of their most vulnerable.

    Or: Erid learns to love Grace.

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    03 Jun 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 41

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    There I’d been, pedaling down the last few poorly-lit streets before my complex, when something had tangled in my front wheels (odd. I swore the street had been clear) and I went flying.
    Head.
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    Ow.
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    Grace gets mugged. Eva Stratt has a "hands off" policy about her personnel, as in "Keep your hands off her scientist or you'll regret it"

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    02 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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    01 Jun 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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    31 May 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 7

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    In which they're only one month into their trip to Erid, Grace has too many thoughts and everyone forgets the importance of talking about their problems.

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    31 May 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 46

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    From: Jeff K
    To: Ryland Grace
    Date: February 7th, 2017
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    Dr. grace did you actualy get kidnapped by the FBI or is kevin lying? he told me that you went into a black car and nobody has seen you since then :(

    A collection of emails between Dr. Ryland Grace and the staff and students of Grover Cleveland Middle School during his time on the Petrova Line Task Force.

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    31 May 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 80

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    Ryland Grace awakens back on Earth, confused, hurting, and missing his best friend. He made it back, but barely. Will he ever be strong enough to face a world who believes him a hero, or confront the reality of the planet he left behind? And above all else, is he ready to finally seek closure from the one woman who is responsible for all of it?

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    31 May 2026

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