#presaux

Like one day they're having a watch party or something, and ratthi will look over, stare at murderbot for a second, then say in a surprised voice, "oh, i didn't know that secunits' organic parts age the way humans do!"

Murderbot is quiet for a few seconds as it studies itself from one of its drone cameras, sees the fine wrinkles starting to line the skin of its face. Then it says in a wondering voice, "I didn't know that either. We usually don't live long enough to experience significant changes to our appearance."

And then an explosion happens on the display and murderbot goes back to paying attention to its show while all the humans around it stare at each other in abject horror. Arada's on the verge of tears and wants to hug murderbot so badly. Instead, she just hides her face in Overse's shoulder.

murderbot | hidden place, bjork (capcut)

Arada what do you mean you go wriggling through underwater caves with tunnels that are barely bigger than you are what the fu—

Ratthi no please don’t go sky diving, humans aren’t made to fall from great hei—

Mensah you’re supposed to be safe what do you mean you and your family go wild camping in the middle of a dense temperate rain forest where there’s no feed signal.

Getting more and more irate and worried with every freaky ass hobbie it learns (Pin-Lee what the fuck is squirrel suiting—)

Meanwhile Gurathin is like sat there trying to learn how to knit and it is like “at least you’re normal” and Gurathin is like “I got all my thrill seeking out doing copious amounts of proprietary stimulants and downers for years. Sky diving is probably safer than that.”