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    Four years after arriving on Erid, Ryland Grace has built a life. He teaches pebbles, swims in his ocean, arguers with Rocky, and lets Adrian carry him when Erid's gravity gets too heavy. He feels like he is finally home.

    But not everyone on Erid sees him as a person. Some see a miracle. Some see a curiosity. Some see a treasure being kept behind sound dead walls.

    And someone inside Grace's dome has decided Erid deserves more than glimpses.

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    “If you loved me ever you would play this prank with me.”
    “Rocky you could not pay me enough to ever do that.”
    “Please command.”
    “Bud, I know enough of Eridian by now to know that’s not a signifier.”
    “You will do it command.”

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    06 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 49

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    Rocky was everywhere in those months. Translating, explaining, checking on Grace between meetings, settling beside him on the beach in the evenings with the comfortable familiarity of someone who had been doing exactly this for years. Which he had. Which was normal. Which was what Grace had.

     

    Then the meetings got longer. Then Rocky started coming to the beach less. Then there were days Grace didn’t see him at all, just received a brief communication through the translator system — Rocky is in conference, will check on Grace later — and later became the next morning, and the morning after that.

     

    Grace told himself this was fine.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    Grace and Rocky have both been enjoying their time together on Erid. Rocky and Adrian are expecting children and Grace continues to teach at his school. The road to their mental recovery is still ongoing but it’s a journey they’re making together.

    The people of Erid love them both but there is one who believes that Rocky doesn’t deserve to have the Saviour Grace as his friend… in fact they believe that they would be a better companion for Grace, he just doesn’t know it yet…

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    06 Jun 2026

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    “Adrian will understand,” Rocky says confidently. “Will be excited to meet alien. Will be excited to meet person who brought me home.”

    “Yeah, and I'm excited to meet them too, but after that!” Is this a translation error? A cultural miscommunication? How is Rocky not getting it? “You're partners. They're not going to want some alien around while you're, like… going on dates and all that.”

    “Does not mean no time for Grace.” Rocky’s starting to sound frustrated. Part of me feels bad, but the rest is just as frustrated. “Why think this, question? On Earth, just abandon friends when have mate, question?”

    It's so clearly a rhetorical question, to which the answer is obviously supposed to be no, of course not. I freeze up anyway.

    or: rocky HATE amatonormativity

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