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The Quiet Rapture was the furthest thing from quiet Simon had ever heard.
Rocky spent the better part of forty-six years amongst the presumed corpses of his crew mates.
Ryland had calculated that he had exactly seven hundred and thirty portions of more or less real food remaining-
Humanity has underestimated Astrophage. The Algae like creature is far grander, far more intelligent and far more deadly than anyone on Earth could have ever predicted. On their journey to Erid, Grace and Rocky watch as Astrophage absorbs a star, creating a black hole that drags the Hail Mary into its gravitational pull. By the time the two are able to escape, hundreds of years have passed on earth.
Simon was born into a failing world, at no fault of Astrophage. When Earth received the beetles humanity was in disarray, already focused on evacuating their planet instead of saving it. The sun was restored, yes, but humanity was not.