Charlie

Ryland Grace is Ariel-coded and no I will not elaborate further

i think that if grace ever met stratt again (which could never happen, there's no way grace is leaving his home and his partner. but if he did meet her again, with rocky at his side, obviously), she'd say with tears threatening to fall 'i wish i hadn't had to violate you so,' and he'd wrap his arms around her, and she'd cry for the first time in a very very very long time, and he'd cry for the fifth time that week

'i don't forgive you 'cause there's not anything to forgive. you saved the world as much as i did. as much as rocky did.'

'two worlds,' rocky would add, leaning against grace's legs, radiating comforting warmth through his exosuit

'yeah, it sucked. i was scared. i hated you for a while. but if our positions had been reversed...' he pauses. 'no, let's be real. if our positions had been reversed, earth would be a snowball by now. i could never be as organized as you, are you kidding? but in theory, i... I'd have done the same thing to you. and i'm always gonna remember what happened, but i don't blame you. because you didn't do the wrong thing.'

her getting that moment would be so. so cathartic. and she kind of got it when she saw grace's video logs and he says she was right. but that woman deserves to be hugged and explicitly outright told she isn't to blame alright i love her so much

adrian lowk bad as hell statement

...But imagine if Grace was actually a kid though. Maybe one of the science officers' kids who they snuck aboard, maybe a politician made a bribe to give their son some kind of chance at survival, maybe even Stratt herself? (Because she certainly has the power to do so if she wanted.)

But guys she's soooo small....