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  1. Rec 96

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    they try to block everything else out. a lot of it finds them anyway.

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    19 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 71

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    Even if he kept saying he likes to build a wall in his relationships, the wall keeps thinning when he's with her.

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    18 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 79

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    Everyone had their own opinion and observation at this point. What was going on between the Project Hail Mary’s leader and her second-in-command?

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    18 Jun 2026

  4. Rec *

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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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    18 Jun 2026

  5. Rec *

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    Fact 1 everyone on the carrier knows? that Ryland Grace does not 'do' relationships of the romantic or sexual variety (well, everyone except Lokken, but she's deluding herself a little bit).
    Fact 2 that everyone on the carrier knows? Eva Stratt is also yearning for her first officer, she's just a lot better at hiding it.
    Fact 3 that NO ONE on the carrier knows? They're all idiots. Except Yao. He totally saw this coming.

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    18 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    LOL

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    Within the tight quarters of the Hail Mary, misunderstandings, arguments, and accidents are bound to happen. It's especially unfortunate when all three happen at once.

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    18 Jun 2026

  7. Rec *

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    humans are...scary. Very scary.

    Adrian realizes this while chaperoning for a class field trip.

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    18 Jun 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 22

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    When thirteen-year-old Grayson Dixon’s momma dies, he’s determined to figure out if the Ryland Grace mentioned in her diaries is really his dad. Convincing his uncle to enroll him in Grover Cleveland Middle School is easy. However, mustering up the courage to tell Mr. Grace that he’s probably his son is the hardest thing Grayson’s ever had to do.

    After missing his chance to tell Mr. Grace the truth, Grayson dedicates his life to following in his father’s footsteps. When someone leaks his NASA internship badge photo, his uncanny resemblance to his father becomes international news. And Grayson has to deal with the world knowing that he’s the son of a hero who is destined to die.

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    When Ryland Grace’s declining health forces him back home to Earth, he doesn’t expect to have any family left to introduce Rocky to. When he learns that one of his former students is actually his son, he realizes that life on Earth might not be that lonely after all.

    (Edit: This story is now in third person, past tense.)

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    18 Jun 2026

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  9. Public Bookmark *

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    Dr. Ryland Grace was many things. A disgraced microbiologist, a schoolteacher, a leading expert on alien life, not an astronaut.
    Dr. Ryland Grace was also deathly allergic to peanuts.

    An unexpected reaction leads to an unexpected conversation.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Grace starves on his way to Erid.

    All Rocky can do is make him comfortable when he goes.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Grace cuts his hand really bad on one of those xenonite panels he's putting up when Rocky moves in. He gets woozy at the sight of his own blood, so getting him to Armando for help is a struggle. Rocky deals with fear and guilt as he tries to basically get a limp toddler into a minivan without being able to touch him. It's cute and fluffy and angsty.

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    17 Jun 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 81

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    Grace is fed up with being in bed and constantly being ordered around by his medical team.

    It's been over five Earth months since the Hail Mary arrived at Erid. Thanks to the ship's extensive collection of literally every piece of human knowledge ever, the Eridians were able to help Grace, but recovery from starvation is a long road. For Grace, it helps to have his best friend and his spouse rooting for him daily and keeping him company, especially since recovery can get pretty boring. He decides he needs some fresh (dome) air, or he is going to go insane from boredom.

    Or: Grace being a terrible patient.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Grace is dying. He and Rocky have made it all the way to Erid, but getting an emaciated, malnourished, mentally fragile Ryland Grace down to a planet designed to kill him is not a simple feat. Rocky desperate to bring his friend home with him, but Grace himself might become the biggest obstacle to seeing that dream realized.

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    17 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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    16 Jun 2026

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  15. Public Bookmark 65

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    Olesya wonders if Dr. Xi has picked up on this ‘thing’ that everyone seems to be thinking about, but no one is saying. The way Grace seems to go limp, pliant, easy when touched. It’s the alcohol, but it’s something else too. Something unquantifiable.

    Grace doesn’t appear to know that he’s the new variable in their equation, the puzzle that everyone is trying to solve.

    or: Grace gets cuddly when he's drunk.

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    16 Jun 2026

  16. Rec 81

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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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    16 Jun 2026

  17. Rec *

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    I snort. "Yeah, got me there. I'm old, okay? Just give me a second."

    A handful of moments pass. Then, "How old, question?" Rocky asks.

    I open my mouth, and then I realize exactly what I just walked into.

     

    Or: Grace and Rocky and a small conversation about lifespans.

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    16 Jun 2026

  18. Rec *

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    I stare at Rocky with dawning horror. “So, you’ve just been naked this whole time?”

    “It is not a big deal!” Rocky says. “You were fine with it the whole journey.”

    “That’s because I thought Eridians didn’t wear clothing!” I say. 

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    15 Jun 2026

  19. Rec *

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    8 months after Grace and Rocky arrive on Erid, Adrian and Grace have an important talk. Without Rocky.

    That’s on purpose.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    “What do you think about your statue?”

    My finger freezes on the careful swoop of the “g.” “What, question?” Okay, maybe it’s a little childish to add the “question” bit, but it’s the only way I can think of conveying emphasis right now.

    It definitely gets the kids’ attention. “You haven’t seen your statue?”

    I have a statue? I glance around the room. Nobody speaks up.

    Oh god. I have a statue. Like an actual statue that apparently everyone’s seen except me.

    And as if it couldn’t get any worse, “It’s in the middle of the cluster. In the plaza.”

    Grace learns that everyone on Erid sees him as a hero. Thankfully, Rocky's there to remind Grace who he really is. Human.

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    15 Jun 2026

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