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    “Don’t have to face any specific direction to talk to you, Grace,” Rocky says. “Am radially symmetrical. Hearing organs on whole body. Grace biologist, should know this.”

    I suddenly regret teaching him literally anything about biology. Some things more than others.

    “Figure of speech,” I say. That’s so not the point. “Listen, is this about the other day? Because we can pretend it never happened, if it’s making you uncomfortable.”

    Rocky skids to a stop. He slowly backs up a few paces, and now I can tell he is actually focusing on me, even though it doesn’t really matter which facet of his body is pointed in my direction, due to the aforementioned radial symmetry.

    “Not uncomfortable,” Rocky says. “Interesting display of human culture and biology. Grace very kind to share with me."

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    23 Sep 2026

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    “I wish he didn’t care about me so much. It’s gonna really hurt when I die.”
    “Why would you say something like that, question?”
    “I dunno. I guess I don’t think I should really mean much to him. I mean, we were stuck in a spaceship together for a while, sure. But that was a forced proximity thing. I don’t expect him to be by my side every second of the day just because of that. I can’t believe he’s not sick of me by this point. Honestly, I wouldn’t blame him if he left and never came back.”
    Adrian is silent.
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    Or: Grace and Rocky are severely codependent. Adrian gets tangled up in their mess, too.

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    18 Aug 2026

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    After several weeks of abstaining for fear of being noticed by Rocky and his incredible hearing, Grace finally caves and decides to jerk off. Of course, Rocky catches him, and it leads to a wide array of wrong assumptions.

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    22 Jul 2026

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    [Whichever one of you staggering fools is responsible for the failure of my mate’s exosuit], Chrysocolla breathes, their vents flaring to their full dilation. It’s a fruitless attempt to contain their anger. [I will personally throw you through the airlock and observe as your blood boils, and then I will dissect your vocal apertures to determine how hard you screamed before you finally exploded.]

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    Known to Rocky and Grace as both Chrysocolla and Adrian, 🎝♩♪🎝 has been waiting on Erid for a hope everybody else has given up on. Will their waiting pay off? Unbeknownst to them, their mate Opal is coming home with something in tow that nobody has ever seen before.

    A playlist made for this story is linked here: Adrian's been lonely

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    29 Jun 2026

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    So—the million-dollar idea—a reverse-translator that can take Grace’s English and spit it out in an Eridian polyphony, that way Grace and Rocky can communicate more effectively. Plus, it has the added benefit of making Grace able to participate in Rocky’s sing-share like a real Eridian partner. And Grace will finally get some more Eridian through his skull, even though he’s never been much of a linguist. There are people back on Earth who would kill for the opportunity to study Rocky’s language, and the way his body produces it, and the culture associated with his words. Well, songs.

    Grace, though? He just wants to participate, reciprocate, be equal as a sing-share partner.

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    Rocky has officially moved into Hail Mary with Grace, but he's still dealing with the aftereffects of living nearly fifty human years by himself. By chance, he finds himself singing with Grace, and it's clear Grace doesn't fully understand what that means for Eridians.

    Spotify playlist made for this story: grace rocky save stars

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    29 Jun 2026