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    Grace knows that even if he lives well into old age, he will die many years before Rocky does. In order to ease his friend's grief, he records video logs throughout his life on Erid in order to keep Rocky company long after he's gone.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Rocky finds Yáo's gun and things kind of go downhill from there.

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    30 May 2026

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    When it came down to it, he would always be too scared to die. He would just trudge on through life as miserable as ever and wishing with everything that some higher power would take him out in a vague, nebulous way that didn't require a hand on his part and also wasn't the looming inevitability of a suicide mission.

    So yes, he was a coward.

    A coward who has run out of antidepressants.

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    30 May 2026

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    In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.

    In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:

    1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
    2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an Area 51 and look forward to using it.

    Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.

    OR: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.

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    23 May 2026

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    “Name is ♪♫♬♪♪♫. They analyze eridians, and their behaviours. How they live, what they like. They want to do this with Grace, too, like the doctors, but differently. Talk to Grace the Person, not the Human”

    “An anthropologist,” I realize. “I think that’s what you mean." Apparently, he likes my word, because he doesn't push further.

    chat, it was not an anthropologist

     

    or; One would think that not being in a life threatening situation would be enough to start taking life a little more easy. Landing on Erid was supposed to be his happy ending. It's not as simple as that.

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    17 May 2026