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look into my eyes and, baby, whisper (fool) by fanautist
Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
22 Jun 2026
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It was easy to command the Petrova Taskforce, that small world Eva Stratt had curated, and yet the wider world still needed to be accommodated, placated, until the work was done. Public perception was an important aspect of the project at large. Hers was waning, unless the press could speculate instead about her personal life rather than the world-ending choices in her hands. Attending an arts and culture gala was the least inconvenient option she'd been presented with.
The boundaries of her selfishness were shaped by what she allowed herself to ask of Ryland Grace. As long as what they had helped her do her job— and it did, he did, she could not deny it— she could pretend, she could avoid admitting that this undefined thing meant something more than she'd intended.
Her responsibility to the world had a penchant for forcing her hand.