and then thinking about all the people who call her cold or uncaring or clinical about what she has to do to save earth. eva stratt, who had silly t-shirts and vodka and favorite meals stored in the Hail Mary and treated with the same level of importance as the finely tuned equipment and the centrifuge the entire planet relies on for salvation.

and then thinking about eva stratt nodding and saying, “yeah, I’m pretty awful. that’s why i’m in charge” with a neutral expression and even believing it. as if crafting the most beautiful coffin and homage to her soon-to-be dead friends won’t haunt her always.

thinking about eva stratt being the first person on the “eva stratt is a monster” train, welcoming ryland grace aboard and knowing she believed in him more than anyone else.

Do you have a coupon? We don't need a coupon. We're the government. Which government?

adrian- cole escola

head of the eridian education thrum whose respect and trust grace must slowly earn: andre shields

grace’s first teacher friend: kara young

bonk, who is also there: caleb heron

eridian helicopter parental unit: chris fleming doing gayle with the serial numbers rock tumbled off

guy on the biodome team who clearly wants to watch grace eat for fetish reasons: natasha hodgson

eridian veterinarian aka grace doctor: jane krakowski

"Dr Ryland Grace was right actually as proven by the Eridians who are basically rock" nope nope nope.

"Dr Ryland Grace was wrong because the Eridians *are* water based as stated in the novel" well yes but that's not all.

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there's two parts to Grace's original argument:

1. there's nothing special about hydrogen and oxygen, other elements and chemical reactions could also serve as the basis for life. (remains unproven even at the end of the book since all the lifeforms e.g. taomoeba, astrophage, eridians are water based)

2. The Goldilocks Zone is For Idiots, aka, life could evolve outside of the commonly accepted temperature range. (proven true by the existence of Eridians who inhabit a planet with a tempterature over 200 degrees Celsius)

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In conclusion:

Dr Ryland Grace was *partially* correct in his paper because while Eridians *are* water-based/carbon-based beings, they do not inhabit the Goldilocks Zone at all.

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screenshots from PHM below