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  1. Public Bookmark 29

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    Rocky is floating around the orbit of Tau Ceti, drowning in grief, utterly alone and with himself and a couple of robots.
    Until he's not.
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    The meeting between Grace and Rocky, as seen by Rocky.

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    14 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 27

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    Exploring silence and sound, mostly on the journey to Erid but maybe on Erid too. No need to read them in order!

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    14 Jun 2026

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    In Eridian culture, forcing someone into a state of sleep is one of the worst crimes someone can commit.

    Rocky discovers what happened to Grace.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    Missing scene from the book of Rocky finding out how old Grace is, from Rocky’s perspective.

    Grace has mentioned that he is a scientist as well as a teacher to human children. On Erid, only our Elders would step down from their purpose to impart their knowledge on the next generation. Grace must be very old indeed to become a teacher, and to be chosen for this mission.

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    13 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 21

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    Generally, not knowing why you're experiencing gravity (especially when you decidedly should NOT be experiencing gravity) is not a good thing.

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    Everyone's favorite: the fishing scene!!! But from Rocky's pov

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    13 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 46

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    When they got to Erid, Rocky’s Human was… worse for wear. He was ragged and diseased and stumbling over his own two feet (another benefit of having five). Rocky carefully led him to his new home, chattering away about how much Grace would love the Eridians’ creation. Perhaps he’d love it even more than his Earth home! Grace only smiled feebly and collapsed into bed, then he was out.

    Rocky settled at the foot of his bed, between Grace’s legs, and watched.

    Grace slept for a long time, well into the next day. Rocky didn’t leave for even a second, only staring staring staring at his Human. That night, when Grace finally stirred, his rumbling voice asked for a bath.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    It is the correct choice. The most benefit for the least cost. Elegance-In-Motion will simply wake up on Erid, belly full of proper nutrients, body healed from adventures in space. 

    The problem is that they both really, really, really don't want to. 

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    Grace and Rocky agree to put him under for the journey back to Erid. Rocky tries to cope with being alone again.

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    12 Jun 2026

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    Rocky visits Grace's life support quarters with some exciting news, some time into his recovery on Erid---the biodome habitat has finally been completed.

    It takes a step through the airlock and sinks down into rough sand and pebbles. I chirp and hop down after it. Grace has not seen the biodome yet, but neither have I, and in my enthusiasm I dart slightly ahead.

    Grace inhales so sharply that I turn to hear him better in a panic. “Grace? Grace, what is wrong? You are hurt?”

    My assumption is quickly corrected when, without warning, it bolts.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    When Rocky first found an alien life form near Tau Ceti, he never expected to see them again after a solution was found, so he named them accurately for what he knew about them: Dumbass

    This brings up multiple issues when the two arrive at Erid and the elders do not approve of the name for the planet's savior

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Grace is dying. Rocky fix.

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    "Plan is to use human thinking machine to find out vitamins and minerals Grace is currently missing. When Grace had human food, Grace wasn’t sick. When Grace was had coma slurry, as Grace called it, Grace was hungry but not sick. When Grace only has taumoeba, Grace sick.

    Need substitute for taumoeba. No good for Grace.

    Rocky tried to make Grace food before, but apparently Rocky uses too many heavy metals. Would kill Grace. Bad bad bad.

    So Rocky need to search ship. Search everywhere. In walls. In ports. In everywhere."

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    11 Jun 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 62

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    “…cky!?”

    I drop the device and scamper back three paces. No. No! How would Grace be here, question!? What the ♪ ♫ ♬ is he doing, question!?

    When I slowly open my end of the frequency, I barely trust my own primary sense. I’ve never not trusted what I hear, until now. Now, I sing back, but I don’t let any hope in it. It’s lower than usual. “…Grace, question?”

    Or: I was thinking about Rocky's pov of the scene where Ryland rescues him from the Taumoeba incident. Someone on Tumblr asked me to make it into a short fic.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Grace gets faint at the sight of blood. Which is fine because now he’s in space and will never be in a situation to see it outside someone’s body again.
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    That would be true, but Ryland and grace don’t go together, despite it literally being his name.

    Grace accidentally cuts his hand open in the lab and faints upon seeing blood. Rocky freaks out about that because wtf??

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    11 Jun 2026

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    A short compilation of missing conversations set after Grace and Rocky's reunion and before they arrived at Erid.

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    11 Jun 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 46

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    "Oh my God," he says. "Ten-year-old me is in AWE of me right now!"

    He suddenly swings the blade wildly through the air, and I trill in alarm, jumping back even though I'm on the other side of the wall. Why did I think it was a good idea to hand Grace the one thing capable of easily cutting through xenonite?

    Grace spots a new tool he's never seen Rocky use before; Rocky unsuspectingly makes one of Grace's childhood dreams come true.

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    10 Jun 2026

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    “So, I was thinking about why I’ve been throwing up. I think some of it is the actual, physical properties of the taumoeba, but I honestly think half the battle is the taste. See, humans use smell and taste to tell us if food is going to make us sick, like it’s moldy or smells weird, that sends a signal for disgust to our brains to stop us from eating it, and that triggers nausea.”

    “I feel this way about all human food,” I say, and Grace rolls its eyes.

    “Sure. But I think my brain is being overprotective about the taumoeba. It’s the same reason why human kids get picky or people throw up during pregnancy, even when the food they’re eating is perfectly edible. My brain is signalling to me that I shouldn’t want it in my body, mostly because -- well, I don’t. It smells like mildew and algae and has the texture of chia seed pudding that was forgotten at the back of a fridge. But that’s making me nauseous when I even think about putting it in my mouth, which makes me more likely to throw up.”

    “But how would you eat without using your mouth?” I ask.

    Grace grins at me. “That, my friend, is exactly the question I’ve been asking myself. And I think the answer might be something called a nasogastric tube."

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    10 Jun 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 87

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    Humans are very poorly designed in Rocky's opinion, especially after all of the times he's watched Grace's body do weird things that are very inefficient

    Here's three separate cases of human design being a pain in the ass for both Rocky and Grace

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    10 Jun 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 35

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    The first time Grace wakes up in front of Rocky, all it takes is one sound for the Eridian to think he's dying.

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    10 Jun 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 21

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    There is a new star in the sky.
    Rocky has mapped out the surrounding stars many many years ago. Yet this star had not been there before.
    To add to it, this star is only visible on the petrova frequency. It suggests astrophage.
    It suggest a ship.
    An alien ship.

    Or, my interpretation of Rocky's perspective of first contact!

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    09 Jun 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 50

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    "So, if Eridians wear clothes, that means that Eridians have a concept of nudity, correct?"

    "Yes."

    "And I've never seen you wear clothes before."

    "Yes."

    "So you've genuinely been walking around naked for as long as I've known you."

    "Yes."

     

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    On their way to Erid, Rocky realizes he needs to come clean about some things.

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    09 Jun 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 6

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    Day 1 prompt fill for TES Summerfest 2022: Dreams
    Years after returning to Nirn, Miraak still dreams of Apocrypha.

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    28 May 2026

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