phm chap.3 ramblings (officially putting spoiler tags here lol)
OH MY GOD THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY
WE FINALLY LEARN HIS NAME!! Dr. GRACE RYLAND!!
HE IS SO NERDY I LOVE HIMMM
the way he explains Astrophages is so easy to follow, his teacher skills is paying off
so now we finally talk about the plot: - His name is Grace Ryland. - He is happy as a Junior High Teacher - Eva Stratt comes over and recruits him - Grace Ryland is a microbiologist omg - He believes that life don't necessarily need water - He gets to be the first one to look into the sample taken from the Petrova line - THEY ARE ALIVEEEE and HE NAMED THEM ASTROPHAGES!! - A bit of Astrophages info: they are tiny lil creatures the same size as the Petrova line and they basically eat the energy output of the sun and use it as rocket propelers. adorable!! invasive, but adorable!! - back in the spaceship, our Emperor Comatose tries to measure the sunspots of the sun only to realize it's moving faster than what is common knowledge.
mfw he is in a different solar system.
WHAT. im reading chapter 4 alreadYYY SEE Y'ALL