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    Distantly, Grace recognizes what he's experiencing is either impossible or has already happened -- but it doesn't make the nightmare any easier to process. The science behind dreaming and nightmares is easy to explain to an Eridian. The emotional turmoil that comes with it is...not so much.

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    14 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 68

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    Eridian brains shut down completely when they sleep, that’s why they watch over each other during their sporadic sleep cycles. There’s absolutely no activity going on in there, except for the individual worker organisms going around and fixing things up. Eridian’s brains “reactivate” once their bodies are good and ready to wake up, and not earlier. The point is, they don’t experience anything remotely similar to human dreams.
    So, how do I explain nightmares to someone who literally cannot dream?
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    OR, Ryland Grace is more deeply affected by their experiences with life and death than he lets on... at least while awake. As his and Rocky's mission progresses, sleep becomes something Grace dreads, for fear of what his unconscious mind will put him through. Rocky, in typical Rocky fashion, approaches the problem with the best solutions he has to offer.

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    07 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 13

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    After Legs is turned, Apo sits with him. They talk.

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    23 Mar 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 23

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    When Legundo comes back for Avid, Scott hunts down the good doctor.

    This time, Legundo does not leave the encounter with his mortality intact.

    Avid and the newest fledgling have to deal with the consequences of this adjustment.

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    20 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    Right before the end of Oakhurst, Abolish and Dr. Legundo have a conversation about efficiency and self-sacrifice. It changes nothing, in the end.

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    04 Mar 2026