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    “Need word,” Rocky says in baby-talk Eridian for me. The translator dutifully repeats “need word” in English a second later.

    After fifteen minutes of bewildering back and forth between the three of us, we determine the word he needs is “declension.”

    A year into the journey to Erid, Grace faces down his most formidable academic gauntlet since astrophage: the five-part polyphonic Eridian language. It’s only fair after Rocky mastered English, human mannerisms, Grace mannerisms- without so much as one complaint. And if learning Eridian might temper some of Grace’s desperate, near-complete dependence on Rocky in the future… well. That’s his own business.

    Eridian breaks Grace’s brain, heart, and soul- and puts it back together.

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    31 Jul 2026

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    The biodome is, at last, finished.

    Grace runs.

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    31 Jul 2026

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    These are illustrations based on my favorite scenes from the amazing « I'd wave my hand, reveal the stars » by WyvernQuill

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    28 Jul 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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    27 Jul 2026

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    This whole thing had started out as an impromptu biology exchange, where Rocky had explained the basic nerve structure of his digits and palm, and Grace had, in turn, explained some of the nerve structures in the human body. Including in his neck, where Rocky's third hand rests. His heart is hammering in his chest, and now he knows that Rocky can feel it through his fingers instead of just hearing it as he usually does.

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    24 Jul 2026