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    Three times Ryland Grace being sick is met with indifference + one time a sentient rock takes it very seriously.

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    “Hi,” he says, trying out the word. He sounds snotty and sleepy. “Sorry to bother you. I think… I-I think someone el-else needs to watch my group.”

    There’s silence on the other end.

    “Why?” is all that comes next.

    Inconvenience.

    He’s always an inconvenience.

    Ryland sucks in a deep breath that leaves him coughing. “I don’t feel… I d-don’t feel very well, and… I t-threw up, and I…”

    His voice gives out before he can finish.

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    19 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 48

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    After a minorly life-threatening incident aboard the Hail Mary, Grace can't sleep. Rocky takes the opportunity to indulge their...less than scientific curiosity about their leaky human friend's body. Non-sexual intimacy abounds.

    How fragile this creature is, Rocky realizes. Its endoskeleton is so flimsy, and so far beneath the soft skin it should really be protecting. How easily injured. How malleable. How easily Rocky would be able to crush the tiny blood vessels (“capillaries”) near the surface, leaving marks that remain tender and sore and turn many colors (“bruises”). Humans etch things into their outer skin, sometimes, for decoration or religious reasons. They use tiny needles to embed colored pigments just below the surface, where it remains visible to other humans forever (“tattoos”). Rocky wonders if Grace has any tattoos. Rocky thinks about being embedded underneath Grace’s skin.

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    19 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 55

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    Grace pushes himself back from the micro-scope, a movement he has done many many times before without any problems. This time, though, his clumsiness makes him fall back.

    Generally, Grace is okay at catching himself. Most of the time he tries to pretend he didn’t trip, or simply yells “I’m fine!” after he straightens up.

    Grace doesn’t catch himself. He falls, and his body hits the ground, and Rocky hears horrible, terrible snaps.

    Grace’s body is not supposed to make those noises. They are breaking noises.

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    On the way to Erid, Grace takes a tumble and breaks something. Rocky has a bad time.

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    19 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 50

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    “Genders aren’t just social status markers but also part of the human, question? Part of who they are, question?”

    “Yes! Exactly,” I say excitedly.

    Rocky shifts from side to side as he processes the new information.

    “So… it is important for Grace to be female?”

    I freeze. Oh.

     

    Or Grace comes out as trans to Rocky, a lot of confusion and hurt feelings entail.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Under the effects of anesthesia, Simon mistakes Ryland Grace for an angel.

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    01 Jun 2026