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    ‘There appears to be a real risk,’ said Psychologist Prime, tapping a stylus against their tablet in an idle way that frayed at the edge of Adrian’s sore nerves, ‘That should Alien Human-from-Earth-of-Sol Asylum-seeker Savior-of-Erid Grace perish, then your mate Savior Rocky may experience a radical and potentially fatal decline in physiological and psychological health.’

    ‘...I see,’ said Adrian. With exceptional calmness.

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    Let it not be said that Adrian was not devoted as well. They had stood firm, a loyal widower longer than others could fathom. Once you encountered a love like Rocky’s, there could be no replacement. Nothing could even compare.

    ‘Do you understand that?’ Adrian wanted to ask. So desperately, they wanted the alien’s reply. ‘Are you the only other creature in the universe who understands what it is like to be loved by someone so completely?’

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    Adrian meets Grace several times, before Grace is healthy enough to meet them in return. Despite light-years of distance between their species, Adrian might have finally met the first other being who appreciates Rocky like they do; or so they hope.

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    Greetings to Earth,” says the voice, flat and near featureless. “Erid unable to assist you from here regret. Please patience wait for Eridian delegation. Departing soon after send transmission. ETA fourteen months eight days twenty-two hours. Goodbye.

    The speakers click.

    Someone says, “Wait, they’re coming here?

    Ryland Grace sends the taumoeba back to Earth. Over a century later, he follows.

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    The ship is completely out of fuel.

    By the time they had realized there was a problem at all it was too late to do anything. The Taumeoba had torn through the ship. Through all of the fuel and all of the astrophage that had been repurposed as radiation protection. Rocky had spent so long trying to fix it and it had only left them injured. Now their only hope is that Grace will save their star, and maybe Earth will be able to send a ship and save Erid. They will be dead by then, but at least the mission won't have completely failed.

    Their mind is not a very kind place to be in a doomed scenario, having spent decades imagining nearly every way they could fail their planet miserably. This had not been one they'd thought of. Now all they are left with are the things they'll miss and the crushing silence surrounding the ship.

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    "My sleep schedule doesn't need to be so rigid- humans are-"

    "I have read about humans. All studies suggest you need rigid schedule."

    Grace closed his mouth. He missed being Rocky's only source of knowledge about humans.

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    Grace has very important business to do and he needs to work for just a few more minutes. Rocky and Adrian have other plans.

     

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    Undeniably, Adrian’s life will change irreversibly once again just for having sat in this ship, having chatted with an alien being from another solar system; he would be a fool if he didn’t understand that before stepping aboard.

    What Adrian did not foresee: whatever strange, powerful allure this human has established over his mate is fully transmissible.

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