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  1. Public Bookmark 58

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    “Joy does not know Grace,” Rocky grumbles. “Joy thinks Grace is ♩♭ ♬ ♫ ♩! I know Grace— mean is good for Grace.”

    I'm about to argue back, but I'm distracted by Joy's annoyed whistle. “I do not think that!”

    “Wait, what?” I look between them. “Hey, new word. What does Joy think I am?” I address this to Rocky, who is far more likely to tell me if I've just been insulted.

    “Ignore,” Joy says. “Rocky is inaccurate.”

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    08 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 56

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    Rocky was everywhere in those months. Translating, explaining, checking on Grace between meetings, settling beside him on the beach in the evenings with the comfortable familiarity of someone who had been doing exactly this for years. Which he had. Which was normal. Which was what Grace had.

     

    Then the meetings got longer. Then Rocky started coming to the beach less. Then there were days Grace didn’t see him at all, just received a brief communication through the translator system — Rocky is in conference, will check on Grace later — and later became the next morning, and the morning after that.

     

    Grace told himself this was fine.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    I’m safe. I know this. As foreign as it feels to give myself credit, I know I helped save Erid, and that every sentient being on the planet knows it too.

    And yet, something small and primitive in me can’t fight the brief flash of fear that zips through me when Adrian skids to a halt before me and I am forced to look up at them.

    For a moment, they just stand there. I am reminded of the first time I saw Rocky, atavistic horror battling with fascination, coming together in a trembling awe. I feel no different looking at Adrian than I felt looking at Adrian, a vast expanse of green before me, knowing I am the first human to ever witness it, finding beauty in it as much as knowing it could spell my doom under the right circumstances. The light of my dome shines down on them, casting a dozen towering shadows over me.

    “Hi,” I manage, forcing myself to swallow through a dry throat. If this is who Rocky chose to spend his life with, they’re cool. They have to be.

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    Or: Rocky introduces the two people he loves most.

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    03 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 61

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    And one moment that Grace keeps all to himself.

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    03 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 45

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    "Did you really make this just for me?"

    "Obvious I make for you!" he says. "Who else I make things for, question?"

    Grace has a nightmare. Rocky engineers a solution.

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    02 Jun 2026