slowly learning that life is okay

In part because I like the idea of like- Rocky really wanting to hate Stratt. Really desperately wanting to wish her dead. But he just can’t manage it, because he’s cursed to see all the bits of Adrian in her. They’re too similar, and he feels like he’s betraying Grace by not despising the one that shot him off into space- but it’s too easy for him to imagine Adrian in Stratt’s place and he just can’t. He can’t feel anything but agony over the idea that, if things had been even slightly different for Erid, Adrian might have been put in the exact same place as Stratt.

Way, way back in episode one, Thjazi Fang's last words were cut off on: tell Thimble that I--

At the time, it makes sense to fill in this blank with: tell Thimble that I love her.

But what if it wasn't that.

What if it was: tell Thimble that I *am sorry*

What if it was meant to be an apology for fucking up trying to open the gates of fairy.

Especially since the rest of his message concerns the paint that we know will be used in the future successful ritual to connect the afterlives again.