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    after the party, there are a few weeks that feel a lot like hope.

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    Throughout all of this, that has been a source of comfort to her: the lack of choice. When there is no alternative, it’s easy to do the right thing, even if it’s unthinkable. She knows she is wired uniquely on this front, but it’s how this has always felt, to her. Painful, yes, in its way. But equationary. Mathematic. Clear.
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    Saying yes, saying no, jumping: he thinks about the last option more than he’d care to admit. Coward. Realizes how stupid it is. All he wants is to live. Coward.

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    Rocky trills, awed. "You respond."

    It's a statement, not a question, but I can hear the notes of confusion woven into his tone. "Y-yeah," I say. It's a concentrated effort to string words into sentences, but I feel compelled to try for Rocky. "'Course I do. Why…wouldn't I?"

    "Did not expect. Erid animals no respond to frequency, only react."

    I feel my lips pull themselves into a lazy smile. "Guess 'm just…special."

    Rocky makes a few thoughtful clicks, and I feel them in my teeth. "Hmm. Have other theory," he hums. "You intelligent life, like Eridian. You larger than Eridian, but soft and leaky. Have similar thinking capabilities, but no carapace. Simple result; human cannot protect brain from Eridian predation tactics."

    I nod minutely. "Good theory." After a few seconds, his words actually seem to sink in for me. "Wait. Predation?"

    Rocky demonstrates a unique ability of his to Grace. It doesn't quite go as expected, for either of them.

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    Grace and Rocky set sail for Erid and unpack all their emotional baggage along the way.

    When you're stuck in a tin can for almost four years, it's rarely smooth sailing. But, hey! At least your best friend is there to call you an idiot, and you're almost certainly going to die when you reach your destination!

    (Or: The one where Rocky builds a robot instead of an EVA suit)

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    Rocky taps his claws together anxiously for a few seconds, then seems to come to a decision.

    “Fine. We can try. I make safety equipment.” 

    “Okay, good,” Grace flops back on the bed again, his nervous system overcome with sudden relief. Rocky's not going to cut himself open, and he's not going to die. They’re going to have a nice, casual wrestling session, and Rocky is going to pin him down and thrust into a xenonite container until he comes – or whatever his equivalent is – and then everything is going to be fine.

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    The Straits Times 06/21/49

    Opinion
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    Wer Ist Eva Stratt?

    The world has been relying on Eva Stratt for nigh on three decades. It may be the wrong time to ask, but--who is she?

    By Alex Lim

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