Do I see a new hyperfixation on your blog???
I can get behind that. Or on top.
Mmmm yeah that is him. The lethal cozy sweater, fluffy hair, glasses, and nerdiness combination got me. (The movie is genuinely one of my favorite space films. They did an amazing job and I adore Rocky too!)
Here's the thing.
In the first GIF, Grace has a pen in his hand, and paper under his arm. He was writing, before Stratt sang.
Grace wasn't just sitting on the sidelines of the party. Grace was WORKING during the party. He was doing PAPERWORK during the party.
He took a breather to go chat with Stratt, then came back into the bar and continued to work on the "Stratt's right-hand-man" minutiae of Project Hail Mary while everyone else was (borrowing Karlach Cliffgate's phrase from BG3): "watching the stars, warming your hands by the campfire; dancing, eating, making fucking love all night -- all of it, all of it!"
All of it, all of it -- and Grace was working on the project instead.
And the only time he pauses in being Stratt's right-hand-man during the party is when Stratt pauses being Stratt long enough to sing.
