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  1. Public Bookmark 61

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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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  2. Public Bookmark 78

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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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    08 Jun 2026

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    Grace points at the five tentacles.

    “So. Normally these are inside of you. But they have some length to them, if they’re able to reach outside of your body entirely like this. Do…? I mean, has any Eridian tried putting them into another like, Eridian, or…?”

    Rocky squeaks, a rush of air from his vents in a short burst. Scandalized.

    “Put inside!? No no no. Disgust! Grace think like pervert! No no no.”

    “It was an innocent question! Humans put their penises in any hole that can fit! Even stuff that isn’t alive, like, food or—”

    Another squeal, this time Rocky stands on three legs. His two limbs used currently for his arms wave erratically.

    “Perverted! Perverted! Perverted! Grace disgust! All human species disgust!”

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    31 May 2026

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    “Proof of concept,” ♫♬♯♩♩♫ says. “We’ve tested it thoroughly to ensure it fits the specified nutritional profile, and several members of our team have ingested small amounts of it to ensure there were no adverse effects.”

    “You ate some of it?” I ask, rudely. I’m too irate to mind my language. Who do they think they are? That meat is for Grace. In a way, that meat is Grace.

    “Yes,” ♫♬♯♩♩♫ says. They and the rest of the human life support thrum know better than to be offended by my occasionally strange behaviour. “Obviously we weren’t going to risk the life of Honoured Grace on a completely untested technology.”

    That doesn’t mean much. There’s a lot of things that are safe for ingestion by Eridians that would outright kill a human.

    Trust Grace, I remind myself. He’ll have thought of all this.

    (OR: Grace's meburgers from the book epilogue. Let's talk about those!)

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    28 May 2026

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    After launching a Taumoeba probe to Venus, the old Hail Mary crew gets together to mourn and reminisce. Long ignored truths are finally spoken aloud.

    Inspired by Dan by Noah Kahan

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    27 May 2026