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    One pill would pull him out of his misery—one pill would take the edge off enough to breathe—one pill would turn the screaming in his head into cotton.

    Roy knows exactly what one pill turns into.

    He knows.

    He—knows.

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    or: Roy has always had ways to outrun a craving: patrol, pain, sex, anything loud enough to drown it out. One very bad weekend takes every single one of them off the table.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    "Rocky did not understand human names and titles when we met. Eridian names longer, give information on Eridian's home, associations, skills." For the first time in ages, he positioned two of his arms together, forming the design that Grace thought of like a family crest, a single design bisected.

    "You should teach me to read those before we get to Erid, so I can be polite." As Grace considered the linework, already picking up on some vague ideas from the shapes in Rocky's carapace, something else occurred to him. "So… I picked 'Rocky' because your outer shell looks like stone."

    "And for inspirational story of athlete who defeats human system of poverty to become great champion. Eye of the tiger."

    "Retroactively, yeah." Grace bent at the hips, getting to Rocky's 'eye' level. "So what'd you name me?"

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    13 Jun 2026

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    He’d broken a statue. He drew in a deep breath, trying to still his heart, which was suddenly pounding like he’d just completed the training course in the batcave.

    You’re resourceful; you can figure out a way to fix this, he told himself. But then he received another crushing blow — the cardboard box that had fallen was marked in Alfred’s neat handwriting. Martha’s study, it read.

    A small, broken sound escaped from Tim — he’d destroyed something that had belonged to Bruce’s mom!

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    Tim is living at Wayne Manor and waiting to be adopted when a mistake causes him to question whether he deserves to be part of the Wayne family after all.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.

    In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:

    1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
    2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an area 51 and look forward to using it.

    Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.

    Or: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Less than 2 months away from Erid. In the process of the Hail Mary evading an exoasteroid, Rocky falls from top to bottom of the ship.

    In normal circumstances, Rocky could shake it off. Maybe a little sore, but okay.

    In this case, Rocky cannot.

    Rocky is scared.

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    03 Jun 2026