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    It was easy to command the Petrova Taskforce, that small world Eva Stratt had curated, and yet the wider world still needed to be accommodated, placated, until the work was done. Public perception was an important aspect of the project at large. Hers was waning, unless the press could speculate instead about her personal life rather than the world-ending choices in her hands. Attending an arts and culture gala was the least inconvenient option she'd been presented with.

    The boundaries of her selfishness were shaped by what she allowed herself to ask of Ryland Grace. As long as what they had helped her do her job— and it did, he did, she could not deny it— she could pretend, she could avoid admitting that this undefined thing meant something more than she'd intended.

    Her responsibility to the world had a penchant for forcing her hand.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    Hail Mary Counter @hailmarytracker · 12 hrs
    Days since last contact with Hail Mary: 9,716
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    It's been nearly 27 years since the Hail Mary departed. When the ISS detects a signal in the far off solar system, hope begins to grow, even as mysteries start to unravel and the universe becomes a little smaller.

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    21 Jun 2026

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    “Eva Stratt, you are under arrest.”

    She wonders what they’ll charge her with as they place the handcuffs around her wrists. Environmental destruction, certainly. Extortion and racketeering? Probably. Someone could make the case for smuggling—it would be interesting if they got her on piracy. She turns to give her final good-byes, and her heart stops.

    “Ryland Grace, you are under arrest.”

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    Eva Stratt was prepared to be the world's scapegoat. She'd angered too many people and skirted too many rules not to be. She didn't expect Ryland Grace to get arrested right alongside her.

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    23 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 76

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    Even if he kept saying he likes to build a wall in his relationships, the wall keeps thinning when he's with her.

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    11 May 2026