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Martin Blackwood



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  1. Public Bookmark 61

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    ‘The irony of finding it near impossible to warm himself up on a planet whose boiling temperatures would kill him the moment he stepped outside wasn’t lost on him. Heck, he had thrown out a joke about it to Rocky during one of his many visits to the ailing human soon after he was first moved into his biodome.

    Of course, Rocky didn’t find it funny. Not that Grace could necessarily blame him.’

     

    Or: Rocky visits Grace in his biodome as he continues to recover from his brush with severe malnutrition following their arrival to Erid.

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    21 Apr 2026

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    “Rocky,” I say sharply. The irritation feels unpleasant inside me, foreign like a toxin.

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    18 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 83

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    Rocky drops his tools, making Grace jump. “Nightmare? Grace had nightmare?”

    He sounds panicked. Grace hurries to reassure him. “No, no, not a nightmare. Just a…just a dream.”

    “Just dream?”

    Grace sighs. He wrings his hands and sniffles. “We were…on a beach. Together. Sharing the same atmosphere. Safe and…and happy. You asked me about the constellations.”

    “Rocky no understand,” Rocky says. “Sound like good dream. Why Grace sad, question?”

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    15 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 65

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    Grace doesn't really let it sink in what it means that he's not going back to Earth, and when it does, he has a little freak out about it. Thank god Rocky's there to help him :)

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    It hits me then that this will be the rest of my life.

    Not the Hail Mary—though I do doubt Rocky and Erid will actually be able to build me a home on their planet—no. But this. The food. Eating alone. Stuck behind a barrier from the first person who actually ever understood me whom I'll never get to touch.

    He's a person, sure, and his company is keeping me from going crazy but it's not the same. He's not human.

    I'm never going to see a single human ever again.

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    15 Apr 2026

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    Everything was too soft. I wanted pressure. The last time I'd felt that had been when I'd been squeezed in between my chair and the monitors, and that hadn't exactly been pleasant. I wanted someone, on purpose, to press against my skin and muscle, and I wanted to feel it.

    Just the thought of it made me want to weep.

    God, I was pathetic.

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    Grace gets a hug (after being very dramatic about it.)

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    14 Apr 2026