I think Grace would be one of those people who when he gets to his 50s and is in great heath will sometimes start conversations with “When I die-“ and Rocky gets upset every time. Grace writes a will and specifies all the best ways to dissect humans so the Eridians can learn as much as possible about his body, while also detailing human funeral customs of different cultures, which they do not have to follow because Grace wants to be dissected and also leaves instructions on how to preserve any specimens they get. Unfortunately because he lives in a sterile terrarium/zoo enclosure his body probably wouldn’t rot so they can’t see the decomposition process. Grace is more upset about this than the scientists.
I raise you, though:
they get around to talking about WHY humans age and die so soon, and the Eridians are like, oh it's your genetic coding getting gradually mangled? it's your telomeres? fucking telomeres? (also your horrifying atmosphere slowly burning you alive but one problem at a time here)
so they wait until the senesence is really affecting him and then they go to the lab and they lobster him up. first human to live 500 years
I will say that's pretty on brand for every problem Grace has brought before Rocky to date.
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