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    One week ago, Ryland Grace passed away.

    Today, the first crewed diplomatic mission arrives on Erid.

    Rocky, as the leading expert on human culture, has a job to do.

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    02 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 64

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    "What that, question?" Rocky asks instead of answering the question. He's got his light gun thingy pointed at the screens.
    "Hm? You know what the stars are, buddy." Grace doesn't think much of it, but Rocky goes quiet.
    "Have not seen like this before."

    or: constellations as connection

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    01 Jul 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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    01 Jul 2026

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    The elevator's receiver array picks up a garbage signal beamed in from deep space. No matter their attempts, Eridian scientists cannot make top or bottom of it. A misfire, or an echo of that long lost crew's final transmission, most likely. It is recorded, but never publicized.

    And then it happens again.

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    01 Jul 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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    01 Jul 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 51

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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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    01 Jul 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 42

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    You’re used to being on the outside. You tell yourself this.

    [Kris, in the moments after Susie shuts the door]

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    01 Jul 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 23

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    You head further now until you’re almost back to where you started walking her home. You don’t look to the right. You don’t think about what Susie said. You don’t think about it. You don’t think about it. You don’t–

    You look right.

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    kris takes a detour to the lake after walking susie home.

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    30 Jun 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 85

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    When Eva Stratt enlists Ryland Grace to attend a formal ball with her, he sees sides of her that he never anticipated.

    An exploration of Grace and Stratt’s strange relationship.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    29 Jun 2026

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    Kris walks Susie home for the very first time before the night is over. Some conversations can change everything.

    Others only reveal what was already there.

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    28 Jun 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 8

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    Against everyone's best wishes, the SOUL runs off to eavesdrop on Susie during Chapter 5, leaving Ralsei alone to have a conversation with Kris. The real Kris. All of the ongoing possession nonsense makes it hard for him to comprehend their personality as well as he would like to—but they just might have more in common than he initially realizes.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    It's going to be a long trip back to Erid. I'm trying to make it as easy on Rocky as I can.

    (Or: Grace is wrong about what Eridians need, and he's especially wrong about why. )

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    26 Jun 2026

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    26 Jun 2026

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    The day every American teacher dreads comes for Ryland Grace. Marissa is his best friend, of course she's going to take care of him. Unfortunately for both her and Eva Stratt, that means she's there when he's 'recruited' into the Petrova taskforce. Ryland Grace, who is worried about the mental wellbeing of his students and who reacts to medical care about as well as a feral cat being trapped for a visit to the vet, has his own issues, but at least there's a cool lab in it for him. Carl is just along for the ride (and his share of Dr. Grace's skittles).

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    25 Jun 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 87

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    Eva Stratt is caught in a time loop. Killing Ryland Grace once was bad, but doing it hundreds of times? Well, it's not as if she could ever make a different choice, right?

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    24 Jun 2026

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    Time doesn't heal all wounds, but it just might give you enough space to face your execution on your own two feet. Ryland Grace hopes so, at least. Jury's still out on that one.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    24 Jun 2026

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    Fact 1 everyone on the carrier knows? that Ryland Grace does not 'do' relationships of the romantic or sexual variety (well, everyone except Lokken, but she's deluding herself a little bit).
    Fact 2 that everyone on the carrier knows? Eva Stratt is also yearning for her first officer, she's just a lot better at hiding it.
    Fact 3 that NO ONE on the carrier knows? They're all idiots. Except Yao. He totally saw this coming.

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    24 Jun 2026

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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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    23 Jun 2026

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