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    In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.

    In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:

    1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
    2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an area 51 and look forward to using it.

    Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.

    Or: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Shapshots of a trip to Earth.

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    10 Jun 2026

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    Yao Li-Jie is having a weird day. He has a snarky Engineer to deal with, he's the last one on the 'first-contact' train, and the amnesiac, clumsy, socially inept scientist who holds the fate of the word in his hands now comes Buy-one-get-one with a codependent, possessive rock alien with a lack of boundaries. Just great.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    He trusted her. He wanted to help her.

    She tried to make herself believe, again, that this was ill advised. That it would sabotage the project.

    She was steadier, had better concentration. She could afford to spend a few hours only thinking of a single other human being who needed help with meeting his needs, and who then would look at her with that stare, that utterly and honestly impressed gaze. She could hardly bare it, most times. It was too much trust, and it scared her still. She wasn’t scared of the world trusting her, because she didn’t doubt that she was competent and driven enough to see the Hail Mary through. But this man, a single person, not a number, not a vague recollection, giving her that same magnitude of trust, was unsettling.
    She had gotten attached, it was undeniable.

    It was helping. Perhaps, it would be the thing that carried the project to its end.

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    Eva Stratt can't afford to be friends, especially not with a man whom she sometimes only tolerates for his scientific knowledge. She can't.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    “Hold still, lovely alien,” the Eridian croons, snapping a claw closed around the hem of my cardigan. “♫♬♩ will be so gentle, yes.”

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    03 Jun 2026