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    Astrophage, Ilyukhina thought, was not going to be the death of them all.

    But rather, one Ryland Grace and his new pet alien-rock friend.

    -----oO*Oo-----

    Olesya Ilyukhina and Commander Yáo Li-Jie survive their voyage into space. This changes everything.

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    04 May 2026

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    “You trust me?”

     

    “I… yeah. Of course.”

     

    Rocky stopped working, not because he needed to in order to carry on the conversation, but to make sure I was sure he was giving me his full attention. He was thoughtful like that. His carapace tilted up. “Rocky fix beetles, send to Erid.  Then Rocky and Grace go to Earth. Grace will live. Grace see sibling again. Rocky promise. Rocky fix. Grace trust.”

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    04 May 2026

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    Rocky’s body thinks it’s found a cluster of mates.
    Rocky knows that’s a problem.

     

    [[the author has given up and admitted this has to be an episodic series]]

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    02 May 2026

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    He’s actively stepping around Rocky, stepping over him, and heading towards the other end of the lab, cabinets and rows of samples. He could find something else here to look at, check up on the Taumoeba farms…

    Except, he doesn’t even make it to the threshold to cross the hallway of the ship. His feet stop. A complete, precise standstill.

    Rocky had chittered at him, a short burst of notes, monosyllabic in Eridian despite the layers of chords. He registered it not as any word, yet the command still struck.

    Stay.

    Heeled. Like a dog.

    And it wasn’t by any doing of Grace’s own decision making.

    alt; Rocky finds out how to control Grace via song

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    01 May 2026

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    Several years from settling on Erid, Grace starts getting severe migraines.

    After discovering they're caused by wearing the wrong prescription, Rocky finds a temporary solution while eridian scientists figure out how human sight, and glasses work.

    A flaw in Rocky's solution after a small accident allows Grace to see the world as an eridian. Chaos ensues when, aided by ultrasound-like vision, Grace notices Rocky's five hearts beating way too fast whenever he's around him.

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    29 Apr 2026