Thinking about what if Stratt didn’t have time to pack any of Grace’s comfort items like plushies or blankies or wasn’t able to have the space to pack them. And at first Grace tries to tell himself that it’s not a big deal because he hasn’t felt safe enough to be little until after sending off the beetles and finding Rocky again.
Little Grace has an absolute melt down and gets so distressed that none of his familiar comfort things are there. The good luck quilt, while nice, just isn’t what he wants or remembers. He’s just inconsolable while Rocky desperately tries to make new toys for Grace and sing him soothing songs because it hurts to see little Grace in so much distress. He would do liters anything to fix it.
He's got his shirts and that little fox trinket, the only personal things of his ;^;
It didn't bother him much for the longest time,he was too busy saving two suns and learning about well, about himself! Grace honestly probably forgot about his regression for a really long time (chalking up those yearns to regress as just weird space stress)
But when he is finally safe, where he feels safe enough to regress. Well....tiny Grace is a mess.
He doesn't have his loveys, his teddies and blankie are all 11 years away!! Heck they're probably thrown away by now (they're not, Stratt made sure they were collected and kept safe even though she knew it was a one way trip). So he's a weepy, sad little boy💔💔
Nothing is familiar!! Everything is so scary for such a little guy!! He just wants his comfort items!! (Yes Ilyukhina's teddy is there but, that's not his!)
Rocky is very concerned, he's heard Grace cry before, humans are leaky that way. But never heard this pitch, never this level of sorrow and pain ;0;
He sings, he soothes, he nudges himself as close as he can in his ball. But Grace is still so sad and weepy💔
Rocky 100% does immediately start building toys and other items that pebbles on Erid find comfort in. They definitely aren't like the toys and comfort items Grace had on earth but, he was trying his best!
Grace hiccups and sniffles when Rocky starts jingling a toy in his ball, it's some geometric shape and had some type of bell in it and there are dangling bits that dance when Rocky shakes it.
It does have Grace stop crying because the little guy is confused and interested in the toy. Which, Rocky will take at this point, anything to even slightly soothe Grace 😭