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  1. Public Bookmark 46

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    This story explores what might have happened if Grace had undergone the preparations for the Hail Mary mission while conscious.

    His refusal remains, but the process continues anyway.

    It is the story of a body undergoing coercive medical procedures for a mission that the mind refuses. It is a psychological deep dive into the mechanics of what happens when life confronts us with challenges or blows of fate that we cannot avoid.

    It is not a story about cruelty or torture. The story focuses on the psychological processes unfolding within both Grace and the team preparing his body for the long coma, as well as on the ethical dead ends that challenge everyone involved and offer no easy solutions.

    Drawing on my background in psychology and medicine, I have tried to portray the medical procedures and psychological processes as realistically as possible. It is science fiction after all, so it leaves room for creative choices, omissions, and simplifications.

    **Content warning:** If medical procedures, states of intense fear, or confronting one’s own mortality are sensitive topics for you, this story may be challenging to read.

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    16 Aug 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 8

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    "Can I think about this?"

    "Yeah," Stratt says, getting up and gathering her things. "You can think on the way."

    Stratt takes Grace home to see his students.

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    16 Aug 2026

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    It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.

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    13 Aug 2026

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    Grace has made recordings to send back to Earth about the Taumoeba solution. -– said I should do the same to help everyone understand what happened.
    There will be questions. It would help if those questions were answered before we arrive. And it would help to get the solution to Erid before we arrive so scientists can begin to work on solving problem as soon as possible.
    Problem of Taumoeba and… and problem of Grace.

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    13 Aug 2026

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    The first time he feels the terror, he doesn't understand why. As he barely hangs onto consciousness, the soft silicon presses against his face, enveloping his nose and mouth. The spark of terror catches fire in his chest and quickly spreads across his body. It ignites a screaming inferno within his skull. He forces his eyes open. Everything is red. There's shapes above him. Pure oxygen fills his airways, stale and clinical and familiar and wrong.
    Grace's memories of his unwilling medical sedation and forced sacrifice return, vivid and violent. Later, on the journey back to save Rocky, he has night terrors. The thin lines between consciousness, unconsciousness, memory, and nightmare blur.

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    11 Aug 2026