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    Humming to himself, Rocky takes a moment to consider this. He’s still an engineer, not a scientist, but it’s hard to not indulge Grace when he’s talking so animatedly and smiling so widely that Rocky can hear his individual teeth. Disgust.

    “… and then there’s chroma,” Oh, he was still talking, “which is the saturation or intensity of the color, and–”

    Not every moment has to be some life-or-death adventure.
    Sometimes there can be beauty in the small delights, and those with whom you enjoy them.

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    28 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 29

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    “Grace remember now. Grace sabotage mission?” Rocky demanded. “You could do, easy. Grace could open taumoeba tanks. Grace could set spin drive to blow up ship. Grace could do many things.”

    “What? No, no, I haven’t done any of that!” I hurriedly reassured. “I won’t, Rocky. I wouldn’t!”

    “If Rocky had no extra fuel, Grace sabotage mission, question?”

    “No! Rocky, I’m not going to sabotage anything! I wouldn’t do that to you.”

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    There are many bad things about Rocky—as there are about any person I’ve ever met. And that isn’t even talking about myself. But the problem isn’t that he’s bossy, or swears like a sailor even though I can’t directly translate, or takes up more than half the space on my own gosh darn ship…

    …No. The problem is that despite all his flaws, he’s too good.

    Rocky is endlessly, painfully good.

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    Grace and Rocky have a very important conversation.

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    26 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 15

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    The Eridians manage to recover some damaged files on the Hail Mary -- one of which is a message to Dr. Grace, from Eva Stratt.

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    25 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 71

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    “And who are you with?”

    “The Petrova Taskforce. I believe you know why we exist.”

    “I do know what the Petrova line is,” I agree. “If you’re coming to a middle school science teacher about it, I must be your Hail Mary.”

    Stratt’s face splinters into a small, sharp smile. “Yes. I believe you are.”

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    25 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 77

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    And one moment that Grace keeps all to himself.

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    16 Jun 2026