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  1. Public Bookmark 67

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    My arm hangs limply by my side as Rocky takes my hand into his, examining it closely. He pulls my fingers apart, then wraps his hand around each of them, one after the other.

    “What’chu doing, bud?”

    He looks up at me, making a noise that I recognize as an idea brewing in his brain. “I will make rings,” he says.

    “What?” I ask. And again, as my brain truly catches up with the meaning of what he’s said: “Wait, sorry, what?”

    Rocky releases my hand, straightening like a man on a mission. “You say rings mean staying together forever. I make rings for us. So we stay together. Like last-finger-promise.”

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    Or: Rocky learns about the tradition of giving a ring to the person you love. So naturally, that’s what he’s going to do.

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  2. Public Bookmark 71

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    "No," Rocky said later. "Rocky not lie for the history books. If Grace kill self doing stupid shit like this, Rocky make sure everybody Erid know. Rocky build probe to send to Earth to tell all humanity: Dr Grace die from stupid preventable accident. Grace save Earth but turn out too stupid to live. Sad sad sad. Wait, if Grace die like this, Rocky WILL lie and tell everybody he die on toilet like Elvis. Earth will put this on Grace Wikipedia forever, because Grace not around to correct Rocky."

    “Okay,” I said. “I think I’m… appropriately embarrassed already.”
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    Grace makes a classic cleaning blunder on the way to Erid. Or, How to Accidentally Gas Yourself for Fun and Profit.

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  3. Public Bookmark 31

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    "Rocky is sleeping more. More often and for longer periods. He sleeps, sleeps, and sleeps. And every time he sleeps, I wonder… I…"

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    The days following the fishing incident have left scars. Watching Rocky sleep is becoming more and more terrifying, and Grace is convinced that he is going to lose his best friend. He doesn't realize that Rocky is just as worried about him.

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    29 Aug 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 11

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    “Maybe… Rocky can throw Adrian big big big love party, like in Earth movies.”

    Ryland’s hand stills between bars. “You mean… a wedding?”

    “Yes! Rocky can throw Adrian wedding! Grace think is good idea, question?”

    “Uh… yeah.” Ryland clips his tether to the next bar, a bit too rough. “Definitely.”

    Thirteen light-years from Earth, Ryland reckons with Rocky’s proposal.

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    29 Aug 2026

  5. Rec 19

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    “Rocky, we’ve been through this, I can’t sleep.” I insist, in a sharper tone than I’d usually use when bickering with him.

    Haven’t even tried.” He retorts.

    “Trying makes it worse.” I sigh. He just doesn’t get it. He doesn’t know how I feel lying there for hours and hours, willing my body to just give in and let me sleep. The feeling of being on the verge of dropping off, then my mind conjuring up something new and horrifying for me to panic about. The dread of wondering if I’ll ever sleep properly again, or if there’s something deeply and irreversibly wrong with me after everything I’ve been through.

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    Grace can't sleep, but as usual, Rocky finds a solution.

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