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  1. Public Bookmark 72

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    “What? You’re not wanting to actually do this soap opera appearance, are you?” Rocky asked.

    Grace’s ears pulsed with blood flow and he gave a twitch of a shrug.

    “I mean…kinda?” he said. “I love As Erid Turns.”

    Rocky turned to Adrian.

    “Well?”

    “Well, what? I think he should do it,” Adrian said placidly.

    “Adrian! Grace is not some—cheap floozy of an entertainer! He’s a respected interstellar scientist!”

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    OR: Dr. Ryland Grace, unlikely Eridian soap opera star.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    Ryland Grace wakes up in space... and he's not alone.

    All three members of the Hail Mary wake up en route to the Tau Ceti system. One of them doesn't know who he is. All the answers they need are here for them to find, deep in interstellar space. They just don't know it yet.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street."

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    Back on Earth, Ryland Grace discovers that surviving the impossible does not automatically tell you what to do with the life you got back.

    Then Sesame Street invites him on to explain buoyancy to Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster.

    What starts as a simple science segment turns into something gentler and stranger: a lesson about floating, about being held up, and about the quiet ways a person can begin to find their place again.

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    15 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 43

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    I was going to live. If this stranger gave me a month’s worth of food I could at least stretch that out with the taumoeba in between. I’d be sick as a dog by the time we reached Erid but I’d be alive.

    Rocky continued his happy thrilling for a full minute as I hugged him, and then pulled back and turned to look at the lab.

    < What other human want for trade, question? Rocky can make. Rocky make anything! >

    “I don’t know pal, but whatever he wants is his!” I said confidently.

    OR: Starving Grace needs to trade himself for food to survive the trip to Erid. A decision that will traumatize him and Rocky.

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    14 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 98

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    Dr. Ryland Grace wakes up to find himself alone, yet not entirely. With his crewmates stuck in their coma and no hope of waking them up any time soon, his only hope is to research the oddity that is Tau Ceti. What happens one day when his crew finally wakes up?

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    13 Jun 2026