“I’ve fucked everything up,” I’d told ART. This was when I was in Medical after my “incident.” Mensah and I had called Amena so she wouldn’t worry (or at least so she would know that I was still alive, even I know that’s important for human children). I told Mensah I wanted to watch media and she had left, and I’d blocked the humans’ comm and feed access to the room.

ART had said, That’s nothing new.

I ignored that because it was just trying to reassure me. If it started being sympathetic it would be terrifying. “Your crew isn’t going to want me to do their security anymore.”

Why is that?

That question was obviously a trap and I should ignore it. It wasn’t as if I could put the answer into words. I was different. It wasn’t just the alien contamination.

What came out was, “Something in me broke.”

System Collapse, Martha Wells

More book edits! Go read the Murderbot Diaries if you haven’t already, especially if you liked the TV show! They’ll make you laugh and break your heart.

that is a fridge

that is where the secunit goes

For this essay I provide the following evidence:

Yesssssss the tag bait worked!

Okay so if you’ve seen some of my book fanart (on phone too hard to link) my SecUnit has a little white square on the right side of its lower back.

That is its nutritional values and warnings that it is not made for human consumption but can be consumed in an emergency. Then it’s like energy ratings, allergen warnings, microplastic warnings and a few ways to cook it to make it safer.

My thoughts being okay a lot of these SecUnits are being used on planet surveys and mines. You know what happens in both these locations? People get stranded with the equipment. And once the emergency kits run out, they’re going to need a supplementary food source and a SecUnit can remain functional for a long period of time with significant amounts of organics missing.

Of course once rescued you will be charged for consuming bits of your SecUnit, but at a “generous rate”.

Illustration for the fic Shut the fuck up. I'm not letting you go - a prompt fill for the Murderbot and Mensah March Madness event.

hard data can be stored under the arm-weapons = must have a lot of space in there = can see the metal bones when weapons deployed???