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Two days after their first contact—and more importantly, their first words—Grace sets up his thinking machine to speak. Rocky does not need the assistance of a machine for Grace’s language. It is ugly and harsh to listen to, but it’s relatively simple to learn. That, and, well—Rocky was alone for a very, very long time before he met Grace. He maybe hangs on to each word a little more than strictly necessary. Grace only needs to tell him each word once for Rocky to know it forever. Grace, though… Well, he’s lucky Rocky is patient. Let’s leave it at that.

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