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  1. Public Bookmark 21

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    A cover letter from Eva Stratt included in a probe sent from Earth to Erid bearing supplies for Dr. Grace.

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    30 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 67

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    What if Grace's arm needed to be amputated after he got burned getting Rocky back to his enclosure?

    Can be read as slash or not.

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    30 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    Stratt watches over Grace as he experiences his first night in a coma before the launch.

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    30 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    I don’t have Rocky to watch over me whilst I sleep, but the star model helps, a reminder of him every time I open my eyes. It doesn’t take long for me to start touching a hand to it when I get up, a kind of greeting. Good morning, Rocky. I hope you’re safe, wherever you are.

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    29 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 38

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    Five times Ryland Grace felt a pull towards Tau Ceti, and one time he didn't.

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    29 Jun 2026

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  6. Public Bookmark 25

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    “Are you ever scared?” Lily asked quietly. She was warm and solid against his left where she sat, not looking at him. When he followed her gaze, he saw the few pictures he had taped to the opposite wall, obscured by the darkness. One of his mother, one of the Icarus crew, one of the English countryside on a sunny day, one of Sirius.

    “No,” Remus replied belatedly and realized it was true even as he said it. “I’m more afraid of us than not succeeding the mission.”

     

    (Or, the Sunshine AU no one ever asked for)

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    27 Jun 2026

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    In hindsight, this whole fiasco could have been avoided if I had run for the water the moment the lights went out. They wouldn’t have been able to reach me there. No way I could have known that at the time, but the thought kept surfacing again and again as I laid in the dark with nothing to do but sweat and think.

    It started about a half hour after class ended for the day.

     

    TLDR: Grace gets kidnapped.

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    27 Jun 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 9

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    "She would go if she could, but she cannot—and there is only one soul she trusts enough to go in her stead."

     

    OR: Eva, in the moments after the explosion. The choice of what to do it obvious--but that does not mean it is easy.

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    26 Jun 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 47

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    I shift, untucking my chest and arms so I can sit up in bed. "Earlier, when you asked for a laptop as a gift—I know this is probably just, uh, homophones—but it kind of sounded like you said my name?"

    He sets his tools down so that he can stomp his feet and turn in a circle—something I've started to understand is a gesture of mild embarrassment.

    «…is stupid.»

     

    OR: Rocky, Grace, and the art of reacting to your best friend telling you that you're the literal answer to his prayers

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    25 Jun 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 31

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    “Dr. Grace.”

    “Stratt.”

    “Why do you call me that?”

    “What? Stratt?”

    “Just Stratt. Not Director Stratt. Not Ms. Stratt. Not…”

    “...Madam Administrator Stratt?”

    “I hope not.”

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    21 Jun 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 8

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    Daniel is here. In the backseat with her. They’re both in the backseat, even though the passenger’s seat is free. Sort of like a chauffeur situation. Except the chauffeur is also some sort of security, and he’s going to stay in the next room over.

    People driving a little crazy. Honking and yelling. So many people out, even this late. Margaret puts her hands over her head and ducks down. She’s probably the most recognizable person in the world right now. She doesn’t want to be.

    Daniel is ducking, too. No one is following us, he promises, but he isn’t sure, in his head. He holds out his hand, shaky, in the space between them. Margaret takes it.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    Fault tolerance/catastrophic functionality:
    a system's capability to handle faults without any degradation or downtime. [...] Failure tolerant systems mask errors and maintain failure-free operation in the presence of one or more faulty components. [Wikipedia]


    Eva Stratt knows Ryland Grace has a problem.

    But the end of the world doesn't stop for one man's problems, and she can't afford to lose her leading Astrophage expert to rehab.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    "Rocky did not understand human names and titles when we met. Eridian names longer, give information on Eridian's home, associations, skills." For the first time in ages, he positioned two of his arms together, forming the design that Grace thought of like a family crest, a single design bisected.

    "You should teach me to read those before we get to Erid, so I can be polite." As Grace considered the linework, already picking up on some vague ideas from the shapes in Rocky's carapace, something else occurred to him. "So… I picked 'Rocky' because your outer shell looks like stone."

    "And for inspirational story of athlete who defeats human system of poverty to become great champion. Eye of the tiger."

    "Retroactively, yeah." Grace bent at the hips, getting to Rocky's 'eye' level. "So what'd you name me?"

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    14 Jun 2026

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    07 Jun 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 92

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    The intruder enters the kitchen slowly, limbs held low to the ground. Their carapace tilts from side to side as they draw near, fixing their auricles on me.

    The xenosuit they have on looks cobbled together, almost experimental. It’s not see-through like my team’s suits are. It wasn’t designed with my light detectors in mind. Instead, it’s dark and opaque, and not at all helping to dispel the impression of a masked burglar in my home.

    I’ve never seen that body language in person before, but I understand it on an instinctual level. Eridians are the apex predators of their planet. It’s a hunting stance, and I am the prey.

    or: Grace experiences a home invasion on Erid.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    The alien—Grace—is finally asleep. Or, at least, Rocky thinks he is. He’s curled on his side, tucked away under a covering. Rocky sits on the other side of the alcove the human lies in, fiddling away with one of his many repair projects. Typically, watching another as they sleep is fairly straightforward and uneventful. Not much is needed beyond something to do and to keep a lookout for whoever’s resting.

    But Rocky can’t help but focus more on Grace as he rests. He just can’t; the way the human sleeps is, quite literally, otherworldly.

     

    Or: Snippets of Rocky watching Grace sleep during their mission to save their stars

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    06 Jun 2026

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    The texture of my entire tablet shifts as the video plays.

    It is a recording of the very room we are in. The angle shows the room from above, looking over the beds. In each bed, I can make out the general shape of a human covered by something. Three in total.

    I wait for something to happen. Why is there a recording of the crew in their comas?

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    Rocky stumbles upon surveillance footage of when Grace first woke up.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    "My 100th earth birthday—my age if I’d never experienced time dilation—is coming up in a few months and Rocky is very excited about it. It’s touching how special he wants to make this human milestone for me and I wish I could be excited with him. Instead, I’m sitting with the knowledge that this is probably my last birthday…and I have no idea how to tell Rocky."

    Grace and Rocky discuss Grace's mortality as his 100th earth birthday approaches.

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    01 Jun 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 54

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    When Paul and Ringo arrived on Earth, they were each found to contain the following items:

    1. A sealed container filled with atmospheric gasses and microbial life.
    2. A detailed account of the breeding process and care of Taumoeba-82.5.
    3. Instructions for how to save the world.
    4. A small sample of an unfamiliar metal.
    5. A password protected document titled “Discovery of Sentient Alien Lifeform - Only Eva Stratt Will Know the Password.”

    Or: Grace's goodbye message to Stratt.

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    01 Jun 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 13

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    31 May 2026

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