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1. Is it really true that a bird like me could never think like you? by xlovez1

   Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   01 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Adrian/Ryland Grace/Rocky
   • Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
   • Grace & the members of Stratt’s vat
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Eva Stratt
   • Dimitri Komorov (Project Hail Mary)
   • Olesya Ilyukhina
   • Yáo Li-Jie (Project Hail Mary)
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • Depression
   • Anxiety
   • Overworking
   • Sleep Deprivation
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • Author is not a scientist
   • Author is very loose with science
   • no AI
   • POV Alternating
   • Humanoid!Eridian’s
   • Alternate Universe - No Astrophage (Project Hail Mary)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Science runs on vibes
   • He/Him Pronouns for Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Possessive Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • He/Him Pronouns for Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Autistic Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • It’s not explicitly said but he is

   Summary

   Title from BIRDBRAIN cover by Will Stetson.
   Grace wrung his hands with anxiety as he prepared to read the email he had been waiting for all day. It was all he could think as he worked. And now he was finally in his apartment and could see what they had said.
   Or.
   Humanoid!Eridians along with a fancy no Astrophage AU and we get Grace working with the Eridian’s on earth.
   Or.
   Grace is overworked and tried, and now works for Eva Stratt again.
   Edit on July 14 2026: fixed grammar and spelling along with formatting issues of chapters 1-5

   Series

   • Part 1 of My PHM fics!

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