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    "Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality"
    -Emily Dickinson
    What is a human's short life to an Eridian's long one? A single character in a letter? A solitary note in the chords of a song?
    A study in remembrance by Rocky.

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    06 May 2026

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    In Eridian culture, forcing someone into a state of sleep is one of the worst crimes someone can commit.

    Rocky discovers what happened to Grace.

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    Grace starves on his way to Erid.

    All Rocky can do is make him comfortable when he goes.

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  4. Public Bookmark 49

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    As Dr. Ryland Grace is laid to rest, Rocky approaches Eva Stratt with an ultimatum.

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    04 May 2026

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    “Sleep. I watch,” he warbles from his post at the door. The first thing he’s said to me in hours. We haven’t talked about anything yet, aside from his pushing to prove I wasn’t hiding more contraband. I scowl at him.

    “Don’t want to.” I feel like one of my kids with the level of petulance that seeps into my voice. I miss my kids. I miss having a place. I have a place here, I need to accept it’s just… Different. Still, I’m not gonna listen to Rocky right now.

    Rocky grumbles at me. “Scientists say Grace hasn’t slept in 32.6 hours.” Jeez, has it really been that long? I don’t think I’ve had an all-nighter that bad since college. “Cognitive impairment begins after only 24. Bad decisions, dangerous thoughts like you mention. Why you are sick.”

    “You left me.” I didn’t mean to say that. Too late.

    or Grace is having a hard time adjusting to life on Erid, and it only gets worse when Rocky disappears. They work it out.

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