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    Grace has always been a teacher and it's not any different on Erid.

    These are his adventures with his pebbles (and Rocky and Adrian of course)

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    18 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 78

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    Afterwards Rocky reassured me that it is pretty common for pebbles to earn their first nicks and cracks at that age. Their outer shell isn’t fully developed yet and not quite as hard as that of an adult. He proudly showed me various indents and hairline fractures on his own body, telling me about how he got them in his youth during adventures with his friends or just messing around.

    It’s a sign of growth, he told me. A sign of getting older and maturing.

    Not a big deal. Happens all the time.

    I believe him. Tori was in good spirits afterwards. Their crying was more because of the shock and the scare, not any actual pain. We finished the rest of the day without any further incidents and then I wished them all a happy holiday and returned to my home and got into bed.

    Where I stayed for the next eighteen hours.

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    There is an accident in the classroom. Everyone tells Grace that it's not a big deal.
    But then why can't he stop thinking about it?

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  3. Rec 29

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    On board the Hail Mary, the Xenonite wall between Grace and Rocky keeps both of them alive. But it's failing. In three days, the air that lets Grace breathe will kill Rocky. The ammonia that let's Rocky breathe would be lethal to Grace. And all the while, Grace fights his own problems as an illness drags him under just when he can least afford to fall apart.

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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Rec 32

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    People don't usually grow wings. Some people don't even believe that it ever actually happened. Until the end of the world comes skating along a line of Infra-Red light, and now there are two people with wings at the same time and unable to be dismissed as legend or allegory.

    Eva Stratt believes that hope is the thing with feathers. Ryland Grace would very much prefer not to have them at all.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    A good day, a bad day, and an okay day on the Hail Mary's journey to Erid. Rocky's POV.

    Chapter 1: Grace introduces Rocky to the Mythbusters
    Chapter 2: Grace has been asleep for 41,400 seconds, and is still sleeping.
    Chapter 3: Love to the point of invention

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