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    Petulantly, Rocky says, “Grace sound stupid. Like child.”

    “I’m just talking how you talk, buddy.”

    “Yes. This is because I talk like child, to speak to stupid human.”

    “Well, you don’t have to do that,” I say without thinking.

    “♪♫♩as this♪ when, underst♪♪♫d ♪me, question?” Rocky says.

    “What?”

    “Can♪♪♫will understa♫d it ♫think talks♫♪ as this♪ Eridian you♩♫, question?”

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  2. Rec 47

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    Rocky is the last of his crew. He’s been the last for twenty-three (Earth) years. Every cycle it gets harder and harder to carry on, especially when he knows he’s the worst person for this impossible job.

    If something doesn’t change, and soon, he’ll be as dead as the crew-mates he cares for cycle, after cycle, after cycle.

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    The people of Erid understand discoveries and science can take time, but there is only so much hope they can grasp onto after so many years. There are only so many prayers to be said and only so many scenarios that can be dreamed.

    They are expecting a dejected crew -if anyone returns at all, not an alien ship and an even more alien person, supported by the only Eridian survivor, an antisocial engineer who knows nothing but facts and how to make anything he wants tick.

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  4. Rec 48

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    I worked towards the solution for many years and I believed in our mission, but in the silence since launch it has been hard to imagine anything but the goodbyes we said to the crew as final. To have anyone return - especially Rocky, one of my engineering team - with a solution was something I couldn't hope for.

    POV Head of Engineering Department for Rocky and Grace's return to Erid

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    The Eridians have a word for “queer”. But to come up with that translation, Grace has to define some things for himself first.

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