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Andy Weir
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Good good,' he says. 'I make sure my people take good care of you. They will make Astrophage maybe for you to go home!'
'Yeah...' I say. 'About that... I'm not going home. The beetles will save Earth. But I won't ever see it again.'
His joyous bouncing stops. 'Why, question?'
'I don't have enough food. After I take you back to Erid, I will die.'
'You... you can no die.' His voice gets low. 'I no let you die. We send you home. Erid will be grateful. You save everyone. We do everything to save
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― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
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Rocky admonished me for leaving the sample at (human) room temperature for so long. He had a lot to say on that subject, actually. We had to add “reckless,” “idiot,” “foolish,” and “irresponsible” to our shared vocabulary just so he could fully express his opinion on the matter.
There was another word he threw around a lot, but he declined to tell me what it meant.
Three days off the painkillers and I'm a lot smarter than I was. At least he understands that much- I wasn't just some stupid huma
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― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
