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  1. Public Bookmark 19

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    I don’t think; I react. There’s an incredibly loud bang, far louder than I ever imagined, and I watch as if from outside myself as the man who was in front of me crumples to the floor. I see red spreading across his chest, and I hear gasps from the others. I don’t think they believed I would do it. I didn’t think I would do it either.

    Ryland Grace's attempt to flee from his destiny goes differently, allowing him to escape. Who can he turn to but his long-lost older brother?

    This was originally supposed to be a one-shot for Whumpay 2026, Day 17 (Self-Defence killing/“Does it ever get easier”) but it just kept going and has instead become this!

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    25 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 11

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    Whumpay 2026 Day 14: Shared Pain

    “Then I propose we hold a service on March 21st, 2033, exactly one year after they’ve all woken up. Realistically, within a full year they’ll have either found a solution and sent the Beetles home or realised there’s nothing to be found, and they’ll have…” The man speaking choked a little on his words. "They'll have seen the project through to its conclusion.”

    Exactly one year after the day Earth knew all the astronauts aboard the Hail Mary were to have awoken, Eva Stratt attends a memorial service.

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    25 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 19

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    A two-column poem, Stratt and Grace's perspectives of his last moments on Earth.

    yes, i relive that day when i close my eyes. // i can't do it
    you cried // you're murdering me
    and i condemned // a sacrificial lamb
    with clear-eyed cruelty // to the slaughter

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    21 May 2026

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    (n) evenness of mind, especially under stress.

    Eva Stratt relives Project Hail Mary nine times.

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    21 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 18

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    Whumpay 2026 Day 13: Anger born of worry/"Never do that again”

    "He had a lot to say on that subject, actually. We had to add 'reckless', 'idiot', 'foolish', and 'irresponsible' to our shared vocabulary just so he could fully express his opinion on the matter. There was another word he threw around a lot, but he declined to tell me what it meant."

    How exactly did that scene in the book that Grace references happening but never actually show us, play out?
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    Grace gets a comprehensive verbal ass-kicking from his best friend.

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    20 May 2026