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  1. Public Bookmark 28

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    Mating hunts were something of a myth on Erid; a romanticized relic of their pre-civilized past. But Rocky should have noticed the signs that something was wrong before his instincts took over, with only one target: his best friend and sole companion on the Hail Mary, Ryland Grace.

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    06 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 25

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    There is nothing.
    Ryland Grace knows this now. He was never religious, never believed in anything when he was alive. There’s a lot of different beliefs, back on Earth, of what lies beyond death. He didn’t believe in any of that, and he had thought that was fine. Now is different. Now he is, as far as he can tell, dead. Now is the first hand proof of what lies beyond. Now is…
    Nothing.
    A very dark, vast, infinite expanse of nothing.

    There is nothing for what could either be forever,

    or for no time at all.

    He’ll never get to see Erid.

    He’ll never get to see Adrian, who Rocky had told him so much about.

    He’ll never get to see if the taumoeba works, if either Erid or Earth are able to free their starts from the astrophage infection.

    He’ll never get to see Rocky again.



    And then there is something.


    Ryland Grace is given a second chance at life, but every waking moment is followed by the knowledge of what awaits him should he die, of what awaits everyone. He learns that some people should go meet that Nothing sooner, rather than later.

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    06 Jun 2026

  3. Rec *

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    “Don’t have to face any specific direction to talk to you, Grace,” Rocky says. “Am radially symmetrical. Hearing organs on whole body. Grace biologist, should know this.”

    I suddenly regret teaching him literally anything about biology. Some things more than others.

    “Figure of speech,” I say. That’s so not the point. “Listen, is this about the other day? Because we can pretend it never happened, if it’s making you uncomfortable.”

    Rocky skids to a stop. He slowly backs up a few paces, and now I can tell he is actually focusing on me, even though it doesn’t really matter which facet of his body is pointed in my direction, due to the aforementioned radial symmetry.

    “Not uncomfortable,” Rocky says. “Interesting display of human culture and biology. Grace very kind to share with me."

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Grace points at the five tentacles.

    “So. Normally these are inside of you. But they have some length to them, if they’re able to reach outside of your body entirely like this. Do…? I mean, has any Eridian tried putting them into another like, Eridian, or…?”

    Rocky squeaks, a rush of air from his vents in a short burst. Scandalized.

    “Put inside!? No no no. Disgust! Grace think like pervert! No no no.”

    “It was an innocent question! Humans put their penises in any hole that can fit! Even stuff that isn’t alive, like, food or—”

    Another squeal, this time Rocky stands on three legs. His two limbs used currently for his arms wave erratically.

    “Perverted! Perverted! Perverted! Grace disgust! All human species disgust!”

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    31 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 81

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    Scarab is seated in the observational room with several other thrumming scientists. They shift uncomfortably at the scene commencing before them. The Savior of Stars lies on an Acoustic Reverberance Platform across a barrier of clear xenonite. The Savior, known as ‘Dr. Ryland Grace’, is currently… expressing intimacy… with the Survivor. ‘Rocky’, as the Savior calls them. Observing feels blasphemous.

    Or: Ryland Grace and Rocky demonstrate how Eridians and humans copulate for a biological research thrum.

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    26 May 2026