I am a mosaic of everyone I have ever known

"believe in the hail mary" existing as an in-universe tagline but not from any official source. graffiti on a wall just outside the perimeter, the launch site visible in the background. uncredited but the photo goes viral online. publication of a formal notice that the graffiti has been removed so will people please stop coming to take photos of/with it. the backup crew and some of the team retweet the photo. #believeinthehailmary starts appearing on bios and bumper stickers and t-shirts. someone hacks the taipei 101's LED wall to say 相信聖母號 on the one year launch anniversary. next year there's more, dots of light all over the world. buildings lit in blue-white-orange. drones spelling it mid-air. and yet it all remains unrecognised until the end of stratt's interminable trial, when they ask if she has any last words before the verdict and there is no smile as she leans into the mic and says "just this: believe in the hail mary." and the court breaks out in uproar even as she repeats it in every language she speaks. the clip gets uploaded online in near-real time and people start stitching clips of themselves saying it too, in different languages and different lives. scientists working on climate-resistant species. ryland grace's students. the world is cold but still there is hope, always hope.

UGHHHHH I CANNOT FUCKING TAKE IT ANYMORE