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  1. Rec 2

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    Grace is very crabby and picks a fight with Rocky, who doesn't realize that something is very wrong until he asks him to watch him sleep and wakes up to a very emotional, sleepy, disoriented Grace. Turns out, Mary is broken, leading to toxic atmospheric changes on Grace's side of the ship. Rocky fixes. 

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  2. Rec 6

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    Soulmarks come in the form of words on skin. Ryland Grace’s had always been a bit different than everyone else’s.

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  3. Rec 21

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    When Eridians die young, they sometimes lay eggs as the body's last-ditch effort at preserving the species.

    When Grace meets Rocky, the Eridian is not alone on his ship.

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  4. Rec 11

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    Rocky emerges, and his body language alone is enough to get me going. I struggle around my laugh, clamping my hand over my mouth. He waits patiently for me to gather myself.

    “Eridians are gay,” he declares. “I escape closet for all of them.”

    I fail. I tuck my glasses into the collar of my shirt so I can put my head in my hands, wiping tears as they come.

    “Rocky,” I say between giggles, “Rocky, I don’t think—I don’t think you can apply human sexuality to Eridians.”

    Something in him shifts, then. He perks to attention from his relaxed state, and though he has no eyes or facial features, I swear I can feel his gaze narrow on me.

    “I also read about gay rights,” he says slowly, warily. “Read that gay humans are hated some places. Bad.” He comes closer, looking up at me with all the accusation his flat face can muster. “You hate gay, question?”

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    Or: Rocky learns about another human custom, and as always, he makes it Grace's problem.

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  5. Rec 73

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    The more that I think about it, the more I believe in the small possibility that my unfertilized eggs may be safe for Grace to consume. It’s at least worth trying, I resolve, as I watch him cry himself to sleep for the fourth consecutive cycle. His stomach is constricting, growling loudly. He’s been unable to keep the coma slurry from resurfacing once again.

    I can detect his body shutting down. I decide I can't allow this to continue. I won't allow myself to sit by and watch idly as he dies in front of me, like so many others have before him.

    Unfortunately, there is only one method that I can use to procure Eridian eggs for Grace's consumption.

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