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  1. Public Bookmark 29

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    Ragnvaldr was a strong man… Definitely both a warrior and a survivor. Yet, he spoke in that hopeless tone, as if part of him had already died, and he was simply waiting for his body to follow the same fate.

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    Cahara and Ragnvaldr share an honest conversation while Moonless and the girl rest.

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    07 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 33

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    Daan doesn’t know how he left on the train to Prehevil with not a soul in the world to care about him, but returned with two kids.

    Taking Levi in was an obvious choice. As the only doctor of the group, someone had to oversee Levi during his rehabilitation. The boy had expressed many times that he hated being addicted to heroin, so Daan immediately agreed to help him. Even though he never took the Hippocratic Oath, he still feels obligated to help every life he sees if they need it.

    Marina was less obvious and less necessary. She expressed interest in staying with Levi wherever he went since the two had become friends quickly—likely due to their age and Marina’s kindness—but had nowhere she wanted to return to. Vatican city didn’t feel right, she had said, not with all she knows now. And staying in Prehevil wasn’t even an option anymore. His bleeding heart accepted her right after she pouted at the prospect of finding a new place to live.

    Perhaps he just didn't want to feel lonely anymore.

    Or, the one in which Daan becomes a father and Levi and Marina are better for it.

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    03 Jul 2026

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    “I’ll be alright, doktor,” Marina says, shaking her head, starting to trace the wooden knots of the counter with her fingertip. “Really. I can defend myself. But, well…it’s good that you care, I guess. I’ve met too many men who, well…” She shudders, face scrunching in disgust. “Some of them even pretended to be men like you, at first— good men. But not all of them were very good at hiding what they really were.”

    Just like you, old chap. They can see it. They can all see exactly what you are. They’re just waiting for you to realise it.

    Daan, feeling protective, intends to bond with one of the youngest of his fellow contestants. The creature inside his mind encourages a different course of action.

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    01 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 71

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    "There's no sound in space. Not after the last of my crewmates died; it was just the ambient noise of our ship ever since. Nothing else. Not for a long, long stretch of time. Quiet is one of the worst things for us. Same as darkness for humans, I suppose. We try to avoid it as much as we can; Eridians, when together, rarely sit in silence. There is always talk or song or at least hums that carry no meaning and rythmic taps. Just to say I am here."

    or; after being away for so long, coming home doesn't go exactly the way Rocky had expected it to.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    “Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”

    Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –

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    17 Jun 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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    21 May 2026

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    One Grace-sleep is not so long.

    It is not “night,” but Grace calls it night, and so Rocky does too. One human night. One third of one human day. One three-hundred-thousandth of Rocky’s life so far.

    This is what Rocky tells himself. He folds up on his xenonite shelf above Grace’s sleeping area, and he listens, and he fiddles with his clock, and he tells himself that it is not so long.

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    Rocky has lived through the deaths of many of his friends. He does not want to lose Grace.

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    11 May 2026

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    Grace is always asking me about my mate. “What was he was like when he was young? How did you both meet? What does he act like when I’m not around?” Slightly invasive, personal questions, all of which I find myself answering without hesitation.

    I try to hold back my excitement. It becomes rather clear to me that “best friends” must mean something slightly different for humans.

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    01 May 2026

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    Ryland Grace slams face first into the realization that he will never be touched by another living being again. Rocky does his best to help.

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    29 Apr 2026

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    A series exploring the biological, cultural, and linguistic differences between two members of a very unconventional (but good) social group on a little spaceship far from home.

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    29 Apr 2026

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    Five times Rocky helps keep Grace warm and one time he doesn’t have to (but does anyway).

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    There’s something warm shoved against him.

    He creaks his eyes open.

    Finds his quilt and Rocky.

    Moves to drape the quilt around his shoulders and press his cheek against the xenonite ball.

    Closes his eyes when he feels Rocky press against the ball too.

    “Grace rest. Grace warm. Rocky here.”

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    29 Apr 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 47

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    “No, human holiday. Dear beloved sweet mate told pebbles story about Earth holiday in morning because is day of holiday. Pebbles decide to do holiday. No warning, did not know until home arrival,” Adrian said, sounding an ounce frazzled. Which wasn’t common for her. And she was using sarcasm. “Rocky did not say no. Rocky…” They made a series of somewhat affectionate and somewhat exasperated chords. “With pebbles when doing fun learning.”

    Maybe the word she was looking for was indulgent? Or he was a pushover when it came to the kids and 'fun learning'.

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    In which Grace doesn't realize it's October 31st and that matters because Rocky told the pebbles about Halloween. And now they want to go trick-or-treating at their big squishy alien uncle's house. Adrian to the rescue.

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    27 Apr 2026

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    How do you explain sexual arousal to a guy whose species doesn't experience it? Whatever the case, Ryland Grace is definitely not the right person for the job.

    Unfortunately, a hands-on demonstration might be in order.

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    24 Apr 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 40

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    There is a ticking clock in both of their heads, counting down until Grace is out of food.

    Or, another Grace tries to get used to Taumoeba fic. Keyword tries.

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    23 Apr 2026

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    “What made you come up with this?” Grace asks. His voice is thick.

    “Grace need comfort,” Rocky says matter-of-factly. “Like a hug. This comfort Grace, question?”

    Grace presses his hand more firmly against the top of Rocky’s carapace, and Rocky shifts a bit within the xenonite, rising so that they make nearly direct contact through the panel. It’s not like they haven’t done something like this before—Rocky is always pressing his claws up against Grace’s palm—but it’s different for Grace’s whole hand to be so close, to feel the heat of a living thing against his side and against his palm all at once.

    “Yeah,” Grace breathes.

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    On the trip to Erid, Grace is starving.

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    23 Apr 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 76

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    Rocky spent decades alone, further from home than any of his kind had ever been, mourning his friends and knowing that his whole world was counting on him to save them when he had no idea how. No matter what species you are that kind of trauma leaves a mark. Grace tries his best to help.

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    21 Apr 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 26

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    After the launch of the Hail Mary, Eva Stratt starts seeing ghosts.

    The first time that Eva Stratt sees Ryland’s ghost, she is still one-hundred percent certain that he is alive.

    For a moment, she stops breathing. He’s here, he’s somehow escaped her men, fought his way out of her death sentence. Exuberant joy sneaks its way up her spine for just a moment before her mind takes over again, before fear settles in her throat like a stone.

    If he’s here, then the planet—this precious, singular Earth—will be dead.

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    20 Apr 2026

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    Going back to save Rocky is, funnily enough, one of the easiest decisions Ryland Grace has ever made. However, once Rocky is aboard and tells him how grateful he is for Grace's sacrifice, Grace is blindsided by a feeling he hadn't expected.

    Guilt.

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    13 Apr 2026

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    One thing that Rocky has learned about humans is that they like to look at pictures.

    Maybe. Or maybe it is just a particular habit of his Grace, who seems to pass more and more time sitting in the projection room and looking at his rolling images of Earth.

    Rocky likes Earth. Especially the beach. That’s Grace’s favorite place, too.

    But the pictures don’t change. Not more than they did the first time Grace showed him, with the waves crashing up onto the sand and the leaves of the trees rustling in the wind.

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    Rocky's perspective of Grace's depression on the journey to Erid.

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    11 Apr 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 71

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    “Yes,” Rocky says eventually. “Human music bad bad bad. But has been long time since Rocky has heard other music.”

    That makes something hurt in the back of Ryland’s throat, a sick feeling right to the pit of his stomach. Maybe it’s cruel, to dangle something like this in front of Rocky, a crude approximation of what his home must be like, sounds constantly, chirping song a present language instead of a lonely whisper. Maybe it’s cruel, still, because the background instruments and high-pitched wordless belts must hold some kind of meaning to Rocky, must be ascribed to an unknown word Ryland might never learn.

    Though – he’s selfish, because he wants to share music with Rocky. And maybe it isn’t all cruel. Maybe it’ll be nice, to hear something that is some kind of taste of home, after so so long of only hearing your own chirps and whistles, and then the static feedback of the communication device.

    Ryland swallows. “Wait until you hear The Sex Pistols.”

    “Why are guns reproducing, question?”

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    Or: Ryland introduces Rocky to music, with mixed results.

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    03 Apr 2026

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