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    I look between the unmoving alien on the floor next to me, and the tiny one on my desk. I swear the lights even flicker as the situation clicks.

    My mouth is dry as I force it to form words. "....Rocky?"

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    or, Grace finds out that Eridians periodically experience a little problem. Literally.

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    27 Jun 2026

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    Grace and Rocky arrive at Erid. Grace is starving, sick, and trying his darndest to make a good impression. The Eridians are equally curious and concerned for their new alien friend.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Ryland Grace wakes up in a small room alone, where the walls are wrong, his body is wrong, and there's a rock spider like nothing he's ever seen looming over him. He has no memory of how a middle school science teacher could've possibly ended up on an alien planet trillions of kilometers away from the nearest fellow human being- and yet these aliens seem determined to take good care of him.

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    The drug Grace was given to induce amnesia before going on the Hail Mary has unpredictable long-term side effects.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Within the tight quarters of the Hail Mary, misunderstandings, arguments, and accidents are bound to happen. It's especially unfortunate when all three happen at once.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    "You know, I always thought I'd live somewhere with lots of people around," Olruggio tells him. The wine in his vessel is a rich pink colour. Qifrey made them olives and cheese with cabroccoli wrapped in ham for a late-night snack, but the pleasure was in the making, not in the eating. He sips his own vessel, listening. "But it's really nice out here, isn't it? Peaceful. Good for focussing."

    "I think you would be even more of a hermit, if you had the choice," Qifrey says. "Lost in your work for weeks on end."

    Olruggio looks sheepish, rubbing the back of his neck with his free hand. "You're probably right. I never thought I'd be that kind of person, either… weird how much things change, isn't it?"

    "And how much they stay the same," Qifrey murmurs.

    A temporary fix-it.

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    27 May 2026