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  1. Public Bookmark 42

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    Pain is a language Simon speaks fluently.

    He was born in it, from it, in a world that bites more often than it barks. He knows the cold burn of the knife, the strangling twist of the rope, the sickening crunch of the bone.

    He knows pain. This is different.

    This is not the discordant singing of damaged nerves, nor the dull throb of crushed tissues trying to heal.

    This is reality unravelling. This is him unravelling, his very soul being unmade and remade, over and over again. Shattered and then glued back wrong.

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    24 Jul 2026

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    Simon is pretty sure by this point that his soulmate, whoever they are, hates him.

    (Or: Soulmates can feel each other's pain. For Grace and Simon, this is less than ideal.)

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    21 Jul 2026

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    "Anomaly Simon very friendly toward 'little rocks' but frequently forgets Eridians fully sentient and capable medical professionals, statement."

    Grace parses that. "He's not taking you seriously when you talk to him?"

    "Keeps trying to hug nurses, statement. Upsetting. Upsetting."

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    21 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 47

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    Ryland has been avoiding him.

    Not that Simon blames him. It’s one thing to be told that Simon is an experienced killer, it’s another to actually see it in practice.

    After a wild Eridian creature attacks the biodome and threatens to break it open, Simon is forced to call on his old Butcher instincts to kill it before it can kill them. Afterwards, however, Ryland won't even look at him, and Simon can't help but fear that it's only a matter of time before Ryland works up the nerve to tell Simon that he can no longer stand being around him, and kicks him out of the biodome.

    Then, about a week after the incident, Simon comes home to find that Ryland has prepared an extra special dinner for him. This must be it. His last meal in the biodome before Ryland sends him away forever.

    Only, it turns out there may be something else behind Ryland's recent behaviour than what Simon expected...

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    20 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 73

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    “You have to be careful, Simon. Try not to draw attention to yourself. You don’t want the wrong alphas sniffing around”
    Everyone knew that owning an omega meant the highest status. The stations desperately needed the new births to sustain the population. Simon didn’t want to be owned.

    “One day you’ll settle down, Grace. Find a pretty young thing like your mother. It changes you, son.”
    Grace didn’t want to be changed.

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    19 Jul 2026