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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    The airlock hissed as it opened, and Ryland could hear the pounding of his heart echoing through the helmet of the suit as he stared out at the expanse of swirling green that was the planet below him. He hesitated, his basic survival instincts screaming at him to get back inside, back to safety, to be selfish. He can’t do this.

    But there’s Yao’s voice in his head. Find someone to be brave for.

    He had someone. He was twelve light-years away. And he was going to die if Ryland couldn’t bring back the predator. An instinctive panic that his body was all too familiar with took hold at the thought. He wasn’t going to let his twin brother die, no matter how stubborn Colt would be about it.

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    Ryland and Rocky are going in to retrieve the predator collector from Adrian, but when everything goes wrong, he falls back on his desire to save the person he cares most about, but he might be too late. Roughly four years (for him, at least) too late.

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    15 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    Colt thought he was stopping by to annoy his twin brother at work.

    He did not expect to discover that Ryland Grace is actually a really good teacher. He definitely did not expect to become part of an seventh-grade physics lesson about momentum, impact, and why bodies need more time to survive a fall.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street."

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    Back on Earth, Ryland Grace discovers that surviving the impossible does not automatically tell you what to do with the life you got back.

    Then Sesame Street invites him on to explain buoyancy to Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster.

    What starts as a simple science segment turns into something gentler and stranger: a lesson about floating, about being held up, and about the quiet ways a person can begin to find their place again.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street,” but sage-rats commented: „Get this man a guest spot on Bill Nye the Science Guy.”

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    Back on Earth, Ryland Grace is invited onto Bill Nye the Science Guy to help explain air pressure, vacuum, and why the atmosphere matters.

    It should be easy. It’s just science. Just a studio. Just a room full of kids, cameras, demo props, and one relentlessly enthusiastic host in a bow tie.

    But between vacuum chambers, imploding cans, and one disarmingly simple audience question, Ryland finds himself talking about more than physics. About pressure. About fear. About what Earth gives you every second without asking for thanks.

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    15 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 8

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    “How far away is the Moon, really?” — an overnight trip, a borrowed telescope, and a lesson about scale, honesty, and the moment ‘almost’ stops meaning safe.

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    15 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 6

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    What's heavier: all the oceans on Earth or all the air above us? And can we prove it here...?

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    15 Jun 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 4

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    Randomly Find Five Dollars on the Floor Day !

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    15 Jun 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 3

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    “Can you prove we aren’t in a simulation before lunch?” — Emma’s paradox hour, with the UNKNOWN shrine as the moral center.

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    15 Jun 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 4

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    “If gravity turned off for ten seconds, what should we do first?” — Mia goes full safety officer; Malik goes full mayhem.

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    15 Jun 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 5

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    “What happens if we make a vacuum inside a vacuum?” — Leila’s follow-up turns into an existential sound experiment.

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    15 Jun 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 5

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    “Could we terraform Mars with stuff from the janitor’s closet?” — Luis rolls in a ‘biosphere’ aquarium; chaos is educational.

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    15 Jun 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 12

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    “How close can we get to the Sun and live?” — field trip to the parking lot with a heat-lamp rig; things… melt.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    What the title says. About 11 years ago (from my perspective; relativity is weird) I was launched into space onboard the Hail Mary to figure out a solution to the Astrophage problem. Now I live on an alien planet I call Erid, in the 40-Eridani system. Yes, I’m actually Ryland Grace. Ask me anything.

    Also, can someone please tell me if Eva Stratt is alive? And ideally send me a video of you punching her in the face? Guess that’s a long shot, but it can’t hurt to ask.

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    Grace and Rocky figure out how to connect to Earth's internet from Erid. They may not have thought this through.

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    14 Jun 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 88

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    Best read in order <3

    Slice-of-life classroom days with Ryland Grace.
    A rotating cast of kids (Emma, Mia, Malik, Luis, Leila) + one meteorite labeled UNKNOWN as the moral center. Science shenanigans, found family vibes.

     

    ( I probably should add a “don’t try this at home” tagline for all the science )

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    14 Jun 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 75

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    It’s the “Stump the Teacher Day” in Room 108, where Ryland Grace lets his students take their best shot: any question, any demo, winner’s the one he can’t answer.

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    14 Jun 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 9

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    What is in a name? Quite a lot, turns out.
    Or - Grace remembers he never told Rocky his first name.

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    13 Jun 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 30

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    The first time he feels the terror, he doesn't understand why. As he barely hangs onto consciousness, the soft silicon presses against his face, enveloping his nose and mouth. The spark of terror catches fire in his chest and quickly spreads across his body. It ignites a screaming inferno within his skull. He forces his eyes open. Everything is red. There's shapes above him. Pure oxygen fills his airways, stale and clinical and familiar and wrong.
    Grace's memories of his unwilling medical sedation and forced sacrifice return, vivid and violent. Later, on the journey back to save Rocky, he has night terrors. The thin lines between consciousness, unconsciousness, memory, and nightmare blur.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    The alien—Grace—is finally asleep. Or, at least, Rocky thinks he is. He’s curled on his side, tucked away under a covering. Rocky sits on the other side of the alcove the human lies in, fiddling away with one of his many repair projects. Typically, watching another as they sleep is fairly straightforward and uneventful. Not much is needed beyond something to do and to keep a lookout for whoever’s resting.

    But Rocky can’t help but focus more on Grace as he rests. He just can’t; the way the human sleeps is, quite literally, otherworldly.

     

    Or: Snippets of Rocky watching Grace sleep during their mission to save their stars

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    13 Jun 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 25

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    “How much did you read?”

    “Lot,” Rocky says, and it sounds vaguely like a child caught with their hand in the cookie jar. “Mary?”

    “Wait, you don’t need-” I try to interrupt him bringing the ship into this (she gets involved in our spars enough as is) but I’m too late.

    “Touch-starvation. Also referred to as touch-hunger. Side-effects include aggressive behaviours, impairment in speech or communication, lowered self-esteem, increasing anxiety, depression, and self-injurious activities-”

    “Okay!” I clap my hands, cutting her off. “Thank you, Mary, but that’s enough!”

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    or: grace and rocky have some discussions about touch on the way to erid. it doesn’t go the way you’d expect

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    13 Jun 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 40

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    12 Jun 2026

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