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* AgeGapRomance: Alice is a lot younger than Rat, though the difference isn't felt too acutely thanks to his species' long lifespans and to the Galaxy's medicine being able to lengthen them even more. In ''The Terms of Life'', however, they are confronted with the fact that Alice is twenty-four while Rat is already getting along in years when Rat brings up the matter of the signs of his aging.
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* AgeGapRomance: Alice is a lot younger than Rat, though the difference isn't felt too acutely thanks to his species' long lifespans and to the Galaxy's medicine being able to lengthen them (as well as human lifespans) even more. In ''The Terms of Life'', however, they are confronted with the fact that Alice is twenty-four while Rat is already getting along in years when Rat brings up the matter of the signs of his aging.
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* HasAType: [[spoiler:Valery]] dates sportswomen, from athletes to caratists. [[spoiler:It may have something to do with his school crush on Alice]]...
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* HasAType: [[spoiler:Valery]] dates sportswomen, from athletes to caratists.sportswomen. [[spoiler:It may have something to do with his school crush on Alice]]...
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* PlotMagnet: Richard lampshades it when he tells Rat and Alice to stay as put as possible until Alice can be evacuated.
-->'''Richard''', to Alice: You'll want to at least visit the library, and suddenly in the library there'll be a wormhole leading into the 19th dimension.
-->'''Richard''', to Alice: You'll want to at least visit the library, and suddenly in the library there'll be a wormhole leading into the 19th dimension.
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* HappilyMarried: Surprisingly for everybody else, Rat and Alice are an example from the second fanfic onward. Even in the more troubled early phases of their marriage described in ''A Stitch of Time'', they care deeply for each other and don't hesitate to make it clear.
* LongLived: Medicine in the Galaxy can do wonders to establish a long life. In ''The Terms of Life'', Rat confirms that, thanks to his prosthetic heart, he has at least sixty more years to go (not accounting for, of course, the hazards of working at the Intergalactic Police).
** ''The Terms of Life'' is a bittersweet oneshot with Rat and Alice contemplating the future of their AgeGapRomance.
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* LongLived: Medicine in the Galaxy can do wonders to establish a long life. In ''The Terms of Life'', Rat confirms that, thanks to his prosthetic heart, he has at least sixty more years to go (not accounting for, of course, the hazards of working at the Intergalactic Police).
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* LivingOnBorrowedTime: A ''lot'' of borrowed time in this case. Rat has a prosthetic heart, as per canon, that he installed long ago to extend his lifespan. In this fic, he ascertains that it will definitely keep him going for about sixty years more.
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* AgeGapRomance: Alice is a lot younger than Rat, though the difference isn't felt too acutely thanks to his species' long lifespans and to the Galaxy's medicine being able to lengthen them even more. In ''The Terms of Life'', however, they are confronted with the fact that Alice is twenty-four while Rat is already getting along in years when Rat brings up the matter of the signs of his aging.
* LongLived: Medicine in the Galaxy can do wonders to establish a long life. In ''The Terms of Life'', Rat confirms that, thanks to his prosthetic heart, he has at least sixty more years to go (not accounting for, of course, the hazards of working at the Intergalactic Police).
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* LongLived: Medicine in the Galaxy can do wonders to establish a long life. Rat confirms that, thanks to his prosthetic heart, he has at least sixty more years to go (not accounting for, of course, the hazards of working at the Intergalactic Police).
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* LongLived: Medicine in the Galaxy can do wonders to establish a long life. MonsterAndTheMaiden: Rat confirms that, thanks to his prosthetic heart, he has at least sixty more tells Alice there is a possibility of them ending up like that ten or twenty years to go (not accounting for, of course, the hazards of working at the Intergalactic Police).later, if he gets stuck in his scorpionish shape. [[BeastAndBeauty Alice doesn't let it discourage her]].
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* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/018be001-9c80-72fc-862e-d5a01abf78f3 The Terms of Life]]''
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Rat and Alice's toddler son Alex develops a lot faster than a human child would, and Alice asks Rat about his species' biology.
* InsecureLoveInterest: For once, Rat gets really worried whether Alice would want to stay with him for several more decades, considering there is a risk of him getting stuck in his EldritchAbomination krokrys form for good.
* LongLived: Medicine in the Galaxy can do wonders to establish a long life. Rat confirms that, thanks to his prosthetic heart, he has at least sixty more years to go (not accounting for, of course, the hazards of working at the Intergalactic Police).
* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: Rat is being melancholy, which is extremely unlike him. Alice is immediately alarmed.
* RapidAging: Krokrys children have accelerated mental development, thanks to the extremely harsh conditions on their planet.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: The krokryses' ability to shapeshift weakens with age until they lose it completely and are stuck in a single form. Rat warns Alice that eventually, it will be his fate too.
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Rat and Alice's toddler son Alex develops a lot faster than a human child would, and Alice asks Rat about his species' biology.
* InsecureLoveInterest: For once, Rat gets really worried whether Alice would want to stay with him for several more decades, considering there is a risk of him getting stuck in his EldritchAbomination krokrys form for good.
* LongLived: Medicine in the Galaxy can do wonders to establish a long life. Rat confirms that, thanks to his prosthetic heart, he has at least sixty more years to go (not accounting for, of course, the hazards of working at the Intergalactic Police).
* OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness: Rat is being melancholy, which is extremely unlike him. Alice is immediately alarmed.
* RapidAging: Krokrys children have accelerated mental development, thanks to the extremely harsh conditions on their planet.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: The krokryses' ability to shapeshift weakens with age until they lose it completely and are stuck in a single form. Rat warns Alice that eventually, it will be his fate too.
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Rat and Alice, now raising a toddler son Alex, are called to deal with mysterious aliens who consume the helium of Betelgeuse.
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Rat and Alice, now raising a toddler son Alex, with Alex in tow, are called to deal with mysterious aliens who consume the helium of Betelgeuse.
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* ShallowCannotComprehendTrueLove: Eful Perenn only cares about money, power, and getting away with his crimes, so he assumes that Rat has the same mindset and married Alice just to get a pardon. Perenn is ''so'' certain of it that his entire plan of kidnapping Alice hangs on the presumption that Rat wouldn't raise an alarm, at least not until much later. When he learns that he was wrong and Rat began searching for his wife immediately after she vanished, Perenn is completely flabbergasted. By his last appearance, he still hasn't figured out [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove what his mistake was]].
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Rat is pardoned for his past crimes due to marrying Alice. Many people are very angry about that, and many more believe that he only married her for the pardon.
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* RetroUniverse: Many planets are at much earlier stages of civilization that Earth, Fiks and suchlike; the Galactic Federation's policy is to let them invent space travel by themselves before inviting them to join.
** Kog, like in canon (it appears in ''Alice and the Monster''), hasn't even reached Bronze Age. In ''A Stitch of Time'', the fact allows [[spoiler:Perenn]] to use it as a secret supply base, since without telescopes, the locals never notice spaceships flying close, and since the supplies are stored in an uninhabitable desert, there is no risk of the locals finding them.
** Invoked on Emerald, a small Earth colony and home to those who prefer a quieter and slower life. Its spaceport is almost always empty, robots are barely used on it, and it only sparingly interacts with the Galactic Federation.
** Kog, like in canon (it appears in ''Alice and the Monster''), hasn't even reached Bronze Age. In ''A Stitch of Time'', the fact allows [[spoiler:Perenn]] to use it as a secret supply base, since without telescopes, the locals never notice spaceships flying close, and since the supplies are stored in an uninhabitable desert, there is no risk of the locals finding them.
** Invoked on Emerald, a small Earth colony and home to those who prefer a quieter and slower life. Its spaceport is almost always empty, robots are barely used on it, and it only sparingly interacts with the Galactic Federation.
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* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:James and Valery]] love their adoptive parents very much and call them "Mom and Dad", even though they got adopted at thirteen and fourteen respectively.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: When he's shooting a film, Nitkin is FantasticallyIndifferent to anything that isn't related to 1) the shooting process 2) money (InThatOrder). This is why he isn't in the least shocked that Rat apparently TookALevelInKindness overnight (for Rat, of course, twelve years have passed).
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* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: During her encounter with past!Rat, Alice pretends to be a local thief and burst into a long tirade in an absurd mix of criminal slang and various Russian dialects, all to get past!Rat more confused. It works.
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* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: During her encounter with past!Rat, Alice pretends to be a local thief and burst bursts into a long tirade in an absurd mix of criminal slang and various Russian dialects, all to get past!Rat more confused. It works.
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* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: During her encounter with past!Rat, Alice pretends to be a local thief and burst into a long tirade in an absurd mix of criminal slang and various Russian dialects, all to get past!Rat more confused. It works.
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* DoWrongRight: After bringing a criminal gang to justice, Rat scoffs at it for being uncreative.
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* DidnThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:The grilb children]] want to get some helium, so they come [[spoiler:close to the portal between worlds]] and set the ftrils loose on Betelgeuse. However, they [[spoiler:haven't mastered ftril-training fully and have no idea how to get them back]], so the [[spoiler:ftrils]] would have gone on consuming Betelgeuse if it hadn't been for Rat and Alice putting a stop to it.
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* DidnThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:The grilb children]] want to get some helium, so they come [[spoiler:close to the portal between worlds]] and set the ftrils loose on Betelgeuse. However, they [[spoiler:haven't mastered ftril-training fully and have no idea how to get them back]], so the [[spoiler:ftrils]] would have gone on consuming Betelgeuse if it hadn't been for Rat and Alice putting a stop to it.
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* SkewedPriorities: [[spoiler:The grilb children]] aren't too frightened by Rat and Alex's shapeshifitng, but they are terrified about [[spoiler:the adults finding out about their misdemeanor]]. Thankfully, they later realize the direness of the situation [[spoiler:and call the adults themselves]].
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* DidnThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:The grilb children]] want to get some helium, so they come [[spoiler:close to the portal between worlds]] and set the ftrils loose on Betelgeuse. However, they [[spoiler:haven't mastered ftril-training fully and have no idea how to get them back]], so the [[spoiler:ftrils]] would have gone on consuming Betelgeuse if it hadn't been for Rat and Alice putting a stop to it.
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* FieldTripToThePast: Like in canon, historians use field research in their work. In the end of the fic, Polina prepares to go on her first university practice in early Sumer.
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* FoodPill: Discussed by Alice and [[spoiler:Shurochka]]. Alice assures the latter that food pills are used as dry rations at best and never replaced actual food, and [[spoiler:Shurochka]] admits she had always thought the idea unrealistic.
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* FoodPill: FoodPills: Discussed by Alice and [[spoiler:Shurochka]]. Alice assures the latter that food pills are used as dry rations at best and never replaced actual food, and [[spoiler:Shurochka]] admits she had always thought the idea unrealistic.
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* StepfordSmiler: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Alik Borisovich]] is a genuinely kind man, but a lot of his BigFun personality is a pretense he keeps up [[spoiler:as a children's doctor]], while in reality he is too overstressed with work to be truly cheery and boisterous.
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* EmergencyTemporalShift: When Perenn realizes he was discovered, he dashes to the freshly-repaired time machine to escape. [[spoiler:Rat holds him back in a fight, and Alice sends the Valapas grass snake to sabotage the machine]].
* FoodPill: Discussed by Alice and [[spoiler:Shurochka]]. Alice assures the latter that food pills are used as dry rations at best and never replaced actual food, and [[spoiler:Shurochka]] admits she had always thought the idea unrealistic.
* GetBackToTheFuture: After being stranded in the past with no time machine and no way to contact the Institute of Time's rescue services, Alice searches for a way to get home.
* GetBackToTheFuture: After being stranded in the past with no time machine and no way to contact the Institute of Time's rescue services, Alice searches for a way to get home.
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Perenn's plan is [[spoiler:to free an alien tyrant in around 300 BC and conquer Earth]].
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* MeanwhileInTheFuture: From Chapter 3 onwards, the story alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
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* MeanwhileInTheFuture: From Chapter In Chapters 3 onwards, to 23, the story alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).century). In Chapter 23, Rat goes to the past too.
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* AdaptedOut: Jolly U doesn't appear at all despite being Rat's second-in-command in most of the canon installments that feature the pirates. ''A Stitch of Time'' reveals that he has fully settled down on the Pirate Planet mentioned in ''Literature/TheWarWithLilliputians''.
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* DemotedToExtra: Pashka Geraskin barely appears despite being one of the main characters in canon. Justified, since Alice quarrels with him in ''Murders in Ursa Minor'', and it lasts for two years since they are both too stubborn to make peace. In addition, in ''A Stitch of Time'' he has [[PutOnABus gone to another galaxy]] and therefore doesn't hear about Alice's disappearance.
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* EvilIsPetty: Even after Volsen is found out and caught, he tells Professor Seleznyov that Alice sleeps with Rat, for no reason except to spite the latter.
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* BattleCouple: Rat and Alice tackle criminals together, even, at one point, [[spoiler:when Alice [[PregnantBadass is pregnant]]]].
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* LetsWaitAWhile: Alice is firm about putting sex off until marriage. Rat finds it weird but respects it.
