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    When Dr Grace's afternoon calendar is cleared after an argument with Director Stratt, rumours fly. When his calendar is cleared for the rest of the week, they start to take a turn.
    The members of the Patrova Taskforce are worried, something is seriously wrong and they don't know what. As the week goes on, the rumours only grow.
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    Grace's past relationship is slowly revealed to the members of the Petrova Taskforce after he reveals it to Stratt.

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    18 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 11

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    ‘You’re not,’ Rocky insists, voice strident and pitched an octave higher than normal. ‘You’re not going to die.’

    Grace’s eyes soften and well up with tears, his lip wobbling bravely. He finally smiles again, but the concomitant crease between his brows sullies it, leaves him jagged and brittle and poised to shatter at any moment, and Rocky has never felt closer to being human nor so far away from Grace than he does right now.

    ‘You’re not,’ Rocky vows.

    ‘…You really do believe that,’ Grace whispers, a tear tracing the curve of his cheek. He ignores his spine’s loud, creaking protests and leans down to rest his head against the xenonite.‘That’s why I’m sorry.’

    Grace dies. Rocky invents time travel about it. (And then keeps inventing it, again and again and again.)

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    17 Jun 2026

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    "Don't try to get up," Colt says. His voice is very even. "Stay right there, Ry. Just stay."

    The man between them looks almost bored, which is somehow the worst thing about him. He checks his watch. He looks at the door.

    Come on, Colt thinks. At no one. At the door. At the empty idea of rescue. Come on. Come on.

    He doesn't let himself think the name.

    He thinks it anyway.

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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 96

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    Confirmation bias: the human tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information that aligns with our existing beliefs, while ignoring or dismissing evidence that contradicts them.

    No matter what Grace tries to tell him, Simon is very sure that the man is divine in nature. It just makes sense.

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    Simon winds up in The Enclosure, naturally. Grace is super down to have human company on planet Erid, but he really wishes someone would have given him a little bit of warning first. Especially about Simon’s religious cult upbringing — if he had known about that, he maybe could have planned a better-worded greeting that wasn’t basically, “Be Not Afraid.” He really set them up for failure with that one.

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    15 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 8

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    Blood rushes past Grace’s ears, and he can hear the steady thrum of his own pulse coming from somewhere in his head. His cheeks burn.
    This introduction was especially not going how he thought it would be.

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    14 Jun 2026