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    In which Dr. Ryland Grace, experienced middle school teacher, recognizes that he's being treated like a child. He attempts to correct it before Rocky wakes up after an injury on the way to Erid.

    Bad luck, malnutrition, and general malaise make this difficult.

    (Five times Dr. Ryland Grace attempts to convince Erid that he's a grown man, and the one time Rocky's successful.)

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    16 Sep 2026

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    Grace knows the chances he’ll survive and live a happy, fulfilling life are so comically low it would be easier for him to win the lottery seven times in a row. But he still allows himself to hope he might be able to go home after this is over, after he figures out why Tau Ceti's star isn’t dying.

    If he doesn’t hope, it’s easy to panic, and that isn’t productive to the mission. Besides, there’s another thing that motivates him apart from Stratt’s faith and the knowledge Earth’s fate is in his hands. It’s a bit unexpected, so much so that the realization had made him laugh when it crossed his mind for the first time— it was so sudden and so correct it didn’t even feel like it had come out of his head:

    At least there are no spiders in space.

    Or,

    One severely arachnophobic Ryland Grace meets a tarantula made out of rocks.

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    15 Sep 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 79

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    In the aftermath of the arrival of the Hail Mary, Adrian becomes used to it. Polite, not unkind deferrals. Occasional rejections, stiffly sung, claws stamped firmly in a simple, no. Not today. Perhaps not for a long time, Adrian. You have a mate to take care of.

    Adrian would love to take care of their mate. Adrian cannot tell their community that Rocky is still high above them, still in the spaceship that houses the sick, dying alien Rocky refuses to leave. Adrian will take care of Rocky when they return, but they have not yet returned, and so there is nobody for Adrian to care for at all.

    Adrian has waited four hundred and thirty-one years for their mate. Their mate, upon returning to them, has an alien. Adrian will adjust. Just like they always have.

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    15 Sep 2026

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    “But you said you didn’t have a word for – for forcing someone into reproduction?”

    No. Is different, but equivalent violation. Means, to force to sleep.

    Or, Dr. Ryland Grace has yet to confront the choices taken from him. Eridian norms, ironically enough, force the issue.

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    15 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 75

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    Grace and Rocky had never spoken about ages during their trip to Erid-- such a simple fact that was never brought up in their four years of travel. Rocky had assumed it was fine, there's no way Earth wouldn't send an adult.

    What do you mean Grace is a fucking infant?!

    alt summary: instead of Rocky getting hurt on the way to Erid Grace gets hurt instead, come to find out the strange leaky alien he's been with for four years is actually a child and Rocky feels like a terrible parent.

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    14 Sep 2026

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    11 Sep 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 75

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    Grace had once shown them a practice on Earth of pinning insects to walls, spreading them open for study. Yes, Adrian had thought. Yes, that is what I want from you.

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    11 Sep 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 41

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    In modern Western tonal music theory, a diminished second is the interval produced by narrowing a minor second by one chromatic semitone. It is enharmonically equivalent to a perfect unison; therefore, it is the interval between notes on two adjacent staff positions, altered in such a way that they have no pitch difference in twelve-tone equal temperament.

    The ache I feel for Adrian has been a part of me for so many years that it is a familiar dragging weight, like a mangled sixth limb. The ache for Grace is stranger, worse. Not because he is an alien, but the opposite; he is so much of myself that I have entirely lost the sound of where he begins and I end, and somehow I still want him closer, closer, closer.

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    11 Sep 2026

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    ‘No way Dr Grace will hold out that long, if he’s holding out at all. He must be going stir-crazy, the amount of time they spend together.’

    In which Stratt eavesdrops on some gossip and finds herself curious as a result.

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    11 Sep 2026

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    ‘Hey Rocky,’ I slur. ‘You make these stars for me, buddy?’

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    11 Sep 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 76

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    In which Ilyukhina cuts corners, Grace is an affectionate drunk, and Stratt does not have time for any of this.

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    10 Sep 2026

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    If Grace had to pick one word to describe the trip to Erid, it would be boring.

    If he had to pick a second word to describe it . . . it would be lonely.

    Or, on the way to Erid, Grace is getting pretty touch starved, but he had kinda already been touch starved? So he improvises.

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    10 Sep 2026

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    you know how this goes

    Grace gets to Erid with an unconscious Rocky and everyone thinks hes a four year old
    it never gets old.

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    10 Sep 2026

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    “What bondage, question? Humans also do?”

    I flush again. Good thing he can't see it. "It's um..I'm not sure I can explain it well - "

    “Rocky research, statement.”

     

    Eridians have their own version of bondage, and Rocky gives Grace a demonstration. Grace makes some discoveries about himself.

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    10 Sep 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 35

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    "Is your - is your offer still on the table? Y'know -" he makes what she thinks is supposed to be a ticking clock noise, and bobs his head.

    "A hypnotherapy session to address your insomnia?" She says dryly.

    He looks pained. "Yeah. That."

     

    Dr Grace is having trouble sleeping, so Stratt suggests that he gives hypnosis a try. Specifically, she'll hypnotize him.

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    10 Sep 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 85

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    "Bad bad bad." Rocky's tone was playfully annoyed. "Grace is so impatient. Could not even wait five minutes."

    "Uh huh," Grace hummed absently as he rocked his hips downward again.

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    10 Sep 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 39

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    "I don't- I am not your dog," Grace defended himself weakly, pulling his hands from her shoulders with a huff.

    He tried not to cringe away as Stratt slowly rotated her chair to face him. She had one eyebrow cocked slightly, eyes half lidded and hands folded in her lap.

    "No?" She questioned. "You are one of my most obedient scientists. It isn't difficult to see why they draw such a comparison."

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    10 Sep 2026

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    Rocky trilled, like that wasn’t the answer he wanted. “Other rituals, question? Romance rituals, mate bonding, for humans. Eridians love romance rituals. Give gifts, wear special garments, spend life together. Hundreds of years.”

    “That sounds nice,” I said, once again overwhelmed at just how long Rocky has lived. “You do all that with Adrian?”

    “Grace avoiding question.” Rocky tapped against his Xenonite casing. “Annoying.”

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    Ryland Grace is in denial about some important things about himself. Rocky being nosy doesn't help, except when it does.

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    10 Sep 2026

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    “Cute?” Grace repeated, half strangled. “I'm not cute!”

    “You no get to decide. Rocky decide you cute. Like companion animal. Not need be perfect. Not need be hero. Is enough be cute.”

    “Are you calling me your pet?” Grace asked. “That is so, so, condescending–”

    “Yes. Grace is like Rocky pet. Everything Grace does is cute cute cute. Grace not need prove anything. Grace not need be worthy. Grace just need keep being cute. Rocky take care of Grace. Rocky responsible pet owner.”

    Grace’s throat was suddenly dry.

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    09 Sep 2026

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    Grace is having a very difficult time on the Journey to Erid. When Rocky finds out exactly how bad of a time Grace is having, he will do everything in his power to help.

    “Grace try treatment. Try try try. Please.”

    How can someone without any eyes at all still give such strong puppy dog eyes? I just want to stop hurting my best friend. “Sure Rock.”

    “Rocky Grace try treatment. If treatment not work, then.” Rocky shudders one more time. “Then Grace do dangerous sleep.”

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    09 Sep 2026

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