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  1. Public Bookmark 46

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    “ I spent four years living alongside this delicate blob. I have seen him bleeding, burned, squashed, sickened and starving. I am the all-time Grace worrying champion of Erid. (As Grace himself would put it.)

    So I really think that the Human Care Team should believe me when I say: we do not need to thrum about Grace jogging.”

    In which the Human Care Team hold an emergency thrum, Rocky feels like he has a lot to worry about and Grace adjusts to his new life on Erid.

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    08 Oct 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 10

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    “You told me about an Eridian concept,” I idly muse.

    “Yes,” Rocky replies, pausing his tinkering to humour me. He doesn’t need to; Eridians are exceptional at multitasking. He just does it to make me feel heard. “Which one, question?”

    I don’t think we decided a word for it in English. I make a thinking gesture, and Rocky mimics me. I try my best to explain the meaning. “It’s when you establish ties with another person.”

    It takes Rocky a couple seconds before it clicks. “Oh!” Rocky squeals. “[♩♫♪]!”

    Or, Grace, Rocky, and their relationship that they can’t quite put a name to.

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    08 Oct 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 10

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    During the short time at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Grace finds and tries to befriend a fox.

    Or the balance between helping and taming is a fine line.

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    05 Oct 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 76

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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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    04 Oct 2026

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    Rocky clicks nervously, swaying and tapping the ground in a tight rhythm. He stands next to the xenonite barrier overlooking Grace's medical area, but most of his attention is across the lobby, on the space elevator door and its approaching platform.

    When the door opens Adrian explodes into the room; Rocky's name and every nickname they've ever given him repeating and overlapping within their desperate song.

    Rocky hesitates for a single hearts-beat before barrelling toward them, warbling broken notes as his vents catch and strain.

    The two crash hard and loud. Several scientists and doctors jump then click at them to check they haven't cracked their carapaces.

    Rocky and Adrian cling to each other, deaf to the world as they entwine limbs and rasp claws over one another. They twitter, exchanging frantic messages of love and longing, trilling out relief painful and raw.

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    25 Sep 2026