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i think grace loves reading to adrian!! (even if sometimes hes a lil too small to be totally understood... adrian will get the details from the human thinking machine later)

in adrian's opinion, the best way to learn about human culture

I'll raise you one; the og zoboomafoo! Grace had initially been putting it on for when Rocky was regressed because pebble Rocky LOVES human animals! They're all so fascinating to him and he wants to learn everything about them! Grace did have to explain to tiny Rocky how Zoboomafoo was mostly a puppet and not a real lemur all the time (which has Rocky fuss because what do you mean they tricked Rocky??? XD)

And baby Simon? Oh he is ENAMORED 🥺💖 he's heard stories of earth animals, read terminals about the animals that had been on thr colonies but, he had never seen actual images/videos of animals (outside of uber blurry ones)! So he is so so happy and wriggles at the screen when Grace puts it on and watches so intently and tries to guess what the animal it is (and as he watches more episodes/other nature things he gets better at guessing and Grace praises him♡♡♡)

Bad day. Long day. Hug please? Dont gotta but if i' okay?

Grace need hug too.

yes yes yes!!!! pebbles need lots hugs! rocky grace give!!! happy to fix, want to help!!!!

Something something, Driver was helping at the middle school for some M.A.D program where they have Driver stunt drive as a "drunk driver" to show the kids the dangers of drunk driving and Grace and Driver sorta just hit it off from there!

• Tiny Grace is 10000% talking for both of them! Driver is very silent so Grace has no problem going up to their carer like "Casey wants apple juice!" (While Driver is sorta hiding behind Grace, nodding in confirmation) or being the one to babble while they play ♡

• Driver is surprisingly really good at sharing his toys, just an utter sweetheart of a tot who likes to put his toy cars in Grace's hand and just sorta stare at Grace until Grace plays with it (Grace isn't as good with sharing BUT he's learning!!♡)

• Grace regresses just a biiiit older than Drive, not by much but, that still has Grace puff his chest out and boast about being the "big brother" xD

Making him feel so cozy and small. Reading to him and pointing out cars of different colors as they sit on the side of the road and eat something yummy.

Not having a car, so he cant drive him around, but on special occasions taking an Uber and just cuddling in the back seat and letting the scene go by.

Edward teach / Blackbeard agere mood board

Oh 1000% xD

"Nah, all humans actually carry around stuffed toys and suck their thumbs, just something ingrained in our biological nature!"

Rocky hums, carapace jutting forward a bit.

"Rocky not know enough earth culture, will trust Grace say truth."

Rocky the second they reached Erid because he just wants his Adri!

😭 oooh Rocky is SO clingy to Adrian when they returned, like, the moment Rocky gave the scientist the taumoeba farms and was sent to the medical area, Rocky refused to leave Adrian's arms🥺

Adrian of course is exact same, they sit with Rocky, softly trilling and humming harmonies saved for pebbles, just so so happy to have Rocky back in their arms ;0; that is their little pebble, their forever harmony, like heck they're leaving him alone for a second!!!

Rocky feeling soooo small, everything, every memory of his crew, of the horrors and pure trauma, it's all crumbling and leaving him just an itty-bitty pebble who just wants Adrian. Thankfully the other eridian's understand and don't disturb the two, letting Adrian initiate all the care, making a lil nest beside the spot Rocky is healing in aaaa

Carl is very strong and carrying grace is not a problem. It starts with things like taking grace to bed, scooping him up when he's overtired himself. To needing to cross the vat in a hurry so he loads grace into his back and books it. And over time it snowballs into Carl just basically carrying grace everywhere, whether grace is small or not, and grace even unconsciously making uppies motions at Carl. I think it's funnier if grace legitimately hasn't realized how little he walks anywhere anymore.

Stratt actually loves it because Carl can actually keep a schedule and not get distracted and it means her scientist is always where she needs him to be.

Da strongest papa!!

It definitely started as a means to get Grace from point A to point B! Tiny Grace isn't exactly the quickest little guy, he dilly-dallies (wandering, lingering because he saw a cool rock or thinks he forgot his soother) so Carl, after a walk across the vat that *should* only take 5 minutes became *15* minutes, decides that it's easier to just pick Grace up and carry him xD

Tiny Grace LOVES it! Carl is sooo strong and sometimes let's Grace be carried on his back (if Grace is old enough to remember to hold on that is. Most of the time, Grace is balanced on Carl's hip so Carl can have one arm wrapped around Grace)♡ He giggles and nestles his head against Carl's neck

Oooh you KNOW it becomes just a normal thing for those on the vat to see Grace carried by Carl xD sometimes he's even going over numbers and lab results with Carl and Carl just nods, adjusting his grip on Grace as he continues to walk♡

Oh my goodness and then one day, Carl is busy or had to go off ship for something and someone spots Grace sorta standing and swaying.

"Everything okay Dr. Grace?"

Grace nods, rubbing the back of his neck, "do you uhm, do you happen to know *how* to get to (*insert place Grace goes almost everyday*)?"

They blink, it clicking that Grace had gotten so used to Carl just scooping him up and carrying him that Grace never bothered to actually navigate the vat xD