āIāve fucked everything up,ā Iād told ART. This was when I was in Medical after my āincident.ā Mensah and I had called Amena so she wouldnāt worry (or at least so she would know that I was still alive, even I know thatās important for human children). I told Mensah I wanted to watch media and she had left, and Iād blocked the humansā comm and feed access to the room.
ART had said, Thatās nothing new.
I ignored that because it was just trying to reassure me. If it started being sympathetic it would be terrifying. āYour crew isnāt going to want me to do their security anymore.ā
Why is that?
That question was obviously a trap and I should ignore it. It wasnāt as if I could put the answer into words. I was different. It wasnāt just the alien contamination.
What came out was, āSomething in me broke.ā
System Collapse, Martha Wells
