So I know we all LOVE the idea of beautiful grace biblically accurate space angel saving Simon, or Simon crashing into/bring inexplicably popped into existence to the Mary-
But wouldn't it be so much funnier to imagine Rocky is the one to go into the blood planet and get him?
Rocky: "There is life on Moon. Humanoid. Heart beat is slow."
Grace: "A human on THAT?"
Rocky: "Human or human predator."
Grace would absolutely brave anything for Rocky, but Rocky is VERY protective and reasonably harder to kill. So, he goes into the blood ocean.
Simon is dying and experiencing The Horrors™, as per usual, and the sm-13 is flooded.
Rocky emerges from the vents, high on the chance of getting to redo his introduction to a (heavily mutated) human: "Hello :D I am Rocky. Rocky from Erid, not from movie, and I am here to help you and befriend you and bring you to my other human :D"
Simon, crying: "Why is the giant spider in a ball-?"










