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    “Your life is very short, Saviour-Grace. The Elders have thrummed extensively about your future on Erid, and we offer you our most sacred of ceremonies.” He gestures to the xenonite-encased stones arrayed in front of him. “Are you aware of our creation myths?”

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    In which Grace participates in a sacred Eridian ceremony that he's sure has no chance of actually working. It would be rude to refuse, after all. There's no way that it'll actually do anything to him...

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    23 Jun 2026

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    "Rocky wear clothes.”

    Ryland huffs out a laugh at that, bringing his hand down to rest on his knees to push himself back up to lean against the table, “ Well I can see that now ,but it's only for like special occasions or something right, kinda like our ceremonial uniforms back home, right ?”

    A long silence followed.

    “...No.”

     

    “No?”

     

    “No… All Rocky plural, wear clothes.”

     

    The silence is so thick Ryland doesn't even think a knife could cut it.

    He stares at Rocky, even though the alien doesn't have eyes. “ So you're a nudist…?”

     

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    Rocky doesn't explain a very important cultural norm to Ryland.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    Once Rocky learned that Grace can whistle, he decided to teach him how to say some basic words in Eridian
    One day when they were close to Erid, Rocky falls ill and is unable to answer to the Eridian message

    Luckily, Grace could answer

    Too bad that Rocky didn't tell just how, juvenile he sounded when he spoke Eridian

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    How Grace confused Eridians about his age

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    22 Jun 2026

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    Erid had lost hope of the crew they sent to space ever returning. And then they spot a different ship coming towards them and a pebble talking to them over the radio about how they and Rocky found the solution to the star-killer problem. Chaos, of course, ensues.

    Aka. The Eridians assume Grace is a pebble.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    Grace learns from his students that the Eridians have been gossiping about him and Rocky. What spurred these rumors? An upcoming opera about them that's being marketed as a love story. Before they can make a public statement denouncing it, the director makes them an offer: a private showing before the public release.

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