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Ryland watches, on the verge of complete and utter hyperventilation, as the being inside of the glass ball raises two of its limbs to mimic his surrendering pose. He stops breathing entirely with a startled whistle of a gasp. The being lets out a single chirp in echo, its arms raised unflinchingly. Blinking, Ryland raises one of his feet to stand on just one leg, wavering slightly from lack of balance. He watches with rapt interest as the little figure lifts another limb to copy him. It even sways side to side with a gentle shimmy to mimic Ryland's bad balance act. "Holy Skittles," Ryland whispers. (An AU oneshot where a pebble!Rocky visits Earth far earlier than expected in an attempt to fix Erid's Petrova Line, and he meets another set of pebbles.... the Coltland twins, aged twelve.)

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