I'm 37, I'm not old!

Go my Goslings!!!

Same thing with some fun colours below the cut!

most people who have experienced severe starvation end up fatter than they used to be after theyve recovered. your body wants to build up fat reserves in case it ever happens again, and you instinctively eat more because you know what it feels like to not have enough. people whove experienced starvation will also often hoard or hide food in case they don't have enough in the future.

all that to say,

PLEASE HOLD ON, I’M GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS

Anyway, when a person starts to eat again after the fact, the body— in a frantic state of survival— stores EVERY ounce of fat it possibly can in order to prepare for the next time this may happen.

Grace is living on a planet of toddler sized rocks with twice his strength. If at ANY point he forgets to look where he’s going he is Going Trip Over An Ambassador. Unstoppable force vs. immovable object except Grace is very much stoppable.

Eridians either get used to talking to his shins, craning on their tippy toes to get a good look at his face, or begin forcing him to sit criss-cross applesauce for literally any important meeting. Picture him joining the Erid equivalent of a UN press conference and having to curl up his awkward water body and hug his knees for the whole thing.

He can conceivably be picked up by an alien the size of a hard helmet against his will. He’s surrounded by space roombas with perfect memories and attention spans shorter than his San Francisco classroom who can’t believe he’s incapable of solving complex math in three seconds. He has step stools around his house for them to climb so he can feel like he’s “looking them in the eye” even though Eridians think that’s stupid since they lack both eyes and directional perception.

Rocky says "why Grace hang up plain piece of cloth. Question?" The first time Grace finishes one and proudly shows it off to his bestie.

And Grace is like "oh. Right. There's a color pattern but....you cant see that. Hmm"

So the next one he makes also has the pattern textured (thank you purl stitches. Seed/moss stitch makes for great tactile patterning) and he shows this one off and Rocky is like "AMAZE! Pretty pattern on Grace art! Look nice hanging on wall! Can make Rocky one to hang in Rocky Adrian house?"