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    "Mild sedation will be beneficial to avoid further damage.” Mary says, cool as a cucumber. Right. That sounds good. Great, even.

    And there was a needle coming towards me.

    Wait."
    ...

    Grace has made peace with not going home. Grace has made peace with his choice, and he would choose Rocky every time. Grace has not made peace with what happened to him before he left.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.

    Right up until Rocky asks another question.

    “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”

    Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”

    Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.

    “Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”

    I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.

    “When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”

    I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.

    “Grace. When last time, question.”

    I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.

    “Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”

    I can taste grass.

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    AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    On the long journey to Erid, Rocky and Grace tell each other their reasonings for going on their respective missions.

    Rocky is... less than pleased with Grace's answer.

    Or - Rocky finds out that Grace was forced to go on the mission.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    Suddenly, the shape he could barely make out as Harry stopped moving, standing rigid in the middle of the crowd. As casually as he could, Kim jogged over until he could see Harry clearly. He had the blank, zoned-out expression Kim thought of as his “winding up to say some weird nonsense” face. For a second it looked like a shadowy figure was whispering in his ear, but it disappeared as soon as Kim looked at it directly. Kim pulled off his glasses and started wiping them with his handkerchief.

    “What’s going on, detective?” he muttered. Without his glasses, he could barely make out Harry’s expression even a few feet away, but he saw Harry shake his head.

    “Something’s wrong,” Harry replied. “Something bad is about to happen.”

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    06 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 54

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    You aren't sure when you first determined you had feelings for Kim. Perhaps after the Tribunal, when you woke up to Kim's comforting presence? Maybe during the conclusion of the investigation, when you saw how handsome he looked when he smiled? Or was it when you woke up gasping in the Kineema as he forced water down your throat, having just saved you from slipping into oblivion once more?

    (Harry is faced with a difficult case and an even more difficult time traversing his emotions.)

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    27 May 2026