reallyfirm believer in grace being a horrendous sensory experience for eridians as a whole. the misophonia alien. the overstimulation alien. like if worms were bigger and wetter and were more bad to see. all of which is, of course, to facilitate rockys literal alienation ala the metamorphosis but like in the opposite way (hard-shelled bug vs worm) AND i know ive been on this bullshit for months iam still not over it!! socially alienate that guy!!!!! what if you found more comfort and familiarity in an alien rather than your own species. what if everybody could kind of tell. everybody respects rocky & he does have a good amount of political sway but theres a lot of concerned side eye going on behind the scenes & people keep floating by the idea that maybe some separation would do them good. rocky gets baker acted
sowwy. always facing rocky with the choice between reintegrating into eridian society or living with grace. and the only real choice is grace. because even if they werent toxically codependent, grace remains the one person capable of understanding half of what rocky went through. and its like. nobody on erid is being malicious. they just dont get it. they cant get it. and honestly not even grace can Fully get it. but hes the closest, and he has no frame of reference for what eridians "should" be like so he's not pushing for rockys return-to-form. he just wants his buddy.
