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    Grace misses touch.
    He would be perfectly fine never having it again except for the fact that the last human hands he felt were holding his face in the dirt while he screamed.
    Meanwhile, Rocky is growing agitated-- it is almost his molting cycle, and he has concerns about building a new shell.

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    Grace thinks it's just coincidence or proximity when Rocky asks him to decorate pieces of the new carapace, or when the pieces he holds don't crumble in his atmosphere. Or when the hand that presses against the xenonite paneling during testing looks incredibly, insanely human.
    It's just him projecting. Rocky wouldn't want that.
    Right?

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    09 Jul 2026

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    Known to Rocky and Grace as both Chrysocolla and Adrian, 🎝♩♪🎝 has been waiting on Erid for a hope everybody else has given up on. Will their waiting pay off? Unbeknownst to them, their mate Opal is coming home with something in tow that nobody has ever seen before.

    A playlist made for this story is linked here: Adrian's been lonely

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    29 Jun 2026

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    Rocky has officially moved into Hail Mary with Grace, but he's still dealing with the aftereffects of living nearly fifty human years by himself. By chance, he finds himself singing with Grace, and it's clear Grace doesn't fully understand what that means for Eridians.

    This story roughly follows the plot of both the book and the film, but Rocky and Grace's personalities are more reminiscent of the book. Furthermore, Rocky's speaking style closely follows the book, although his physical appearance is closer to his depiction in the film.

    Spotify playlist made for this story: grace rocky save stars

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    29 Jun 2026

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    Two days after their first contact—and more importantly, their first words—Grace sets up his thinking machine to speak.

    Rocky does not need the assistance of a machine for Grace’s language. It is ugly and harsh to listen to, but it’s relatively simple to learn. That, and, well—Rocky was alone for a very, very long time before he met Grace. He maybe hangs on to each word a little more than strictly necessary. Grace only needs to tell him each word once for Rocky to know it forever.

    Grace, though…

    Well, he’s lucky Rocky is patient. Let’s leave it at that.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    Eridians fall in love hard.

    Humanity's not ready for just how far they'd go to keep only one of them happy.

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    17 Jun 2026