Grace: Dr Leclerc had a nervous collapse, Dr Lamai is looking after them, Stratt is trying to kill Dr Rednell, so I’m in charge.

Yao: Oh my god!

Bonus point, she breathes out a fireball. Baby got scared by her own sneeze and big ball of fire. Miyeong picking her up and cooing, to dragonling Rumi's delight. Rumi then feels another sneeze.

Celine: Um... She's about to sneeze again. You might want to keep yourself away...

Miyeong: Pfft, it's fine. She's all tuckered out of her first fireball. Aren't you?

Dragonling Rumi sneezes and instead of a fireball, it's frost.

Dragonling!Rumi: [rubs her nose with both her hands and looks at her eomma, whose face is covered in ice] Nyeh?

Celine: Fascinating. Fire and ice. *looks at Miyeong, eyebrow raised with a huff of amusment* I do not want to say I told you so.. But, I told you so.

Miyeong: [glares at Celine, shivering] I-It's n-not. F-f-funny..

the concept of star-eating microbes causing a crisis and the solution being the introduction of space wolves to space yellowstone to control the space elk population. i love a good trophic cascade

dr ryland grace immediately pitching "turn the spaceship into a giant centrifuge to generate gravity" and then not balancing his actual centrifuge later on

the entire "life is reason" scene really

grace forgetting to open the mystery alien container in a fume hood AND immediately sticking his nose in it. if we did this in chemistry lab we were executed on the spot

academia drama being one of the cornerstones of grace's character

grace switching through every spectrum setting on the microscope to try to see into the astrophages and not being able to (relatable)

also: the astrophage dying and grace going "ohhh it died..." (very relatable)

grace having his not-scientist buddy Carl to give him frank solutions when he's overthinking. yes, often the solution is just to put the box in another box

copious duct tape usage

just sticking a filter into the path of the petrova line to collect astrophage goop

eva going "so it's alive" when grace tells them the astrophage are moving, and him being like "WELL ok that could be for a lot of reasons" in the tone of someone who doesn't even know where to start explaining why that's a hasty assumption

grace referring to the first new astrophage as his and carl's baby multiple times (HIGHLY relatable)

The (absolute) disasters

Their first [Smut tease undercut]:

Mira: *frantic* agi, just tell me what’s wrong!

Toddler: *scream-crying, trying to shove their floaties back at Zoey as she tries to put them on the toddler*

Rumi: *stressed* baby, you love the pool. Use your words, please tell us why you’re so upset!

Toddler: *keeps shoving floaties at Zoey and crying*

Zoey: baby, I don’t need your floaties. Do you want me to go in the pool with you?

Toddler: *inconsolably sobbing even louder*

Mira: *pulling toddler into her arms* hey, hey, okay, just let it out *bouncing toddler on her hip, frantically trying to calm the screaming child*

Zoey: *struggling to stand up with her very pregnant belly* Rumi, help me-

*Rumi pulls Zoey to her feet, a hand under her belly to brace her. Toddler starts screaming even louder into Mira’s ear, throwing their last floatie right at Zoey’s belly. Lightbulb goes off over Rumis head*

Rumi: … honey, are you trying to give the new baby a floatie?

Toddler: *sniffling and whimpering, but nodding* not… saaafe 🥺🥺🥺

*collective sounds off all three members of Huntrix turning to absolute mush*

Zoey: aww, baby!!! *takes toddler into her arms, presses kisses all over their face*

Rumi: oh my god. That’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen 😭😭😭

Mira: *clutches chest and sinks to the floor*

Zoey: *wraps one of the toddlers arm floaties around her wrist* there. Baby’s all safe, sweetheart. You ready to go swimming now?

Toddler: *nods, tears drying*

Zoey: *dresses the toddler in the rest of their floaties and heads into the pool with her, hand in tiny hand*

Mira: *still on ground, head in hands* oh my god

Rumi: *tearing up* I know 😭😭😭