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    It seems like there should be a very neat line, at least for humans, between dead and not dead, but I’ve seen enough messy half-alive humans to know that there is no such clear distinction. I’ve seen bodies that were still breathing despite missing part of their heads, bodies that weren’t breathing despite their owners being fully conscious. I wouldn’t call either option alive. I wouldn’t call either option dead, either.

    For a machine intelligence, the border is even blurrier. It's hard to say which side of it I will stand on when they're through with me.

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    08 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Complete.

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    07 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Read to part 3.2

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    The Palisade Combat SecUnit, known once by Murderbot as “Hostile One”, is sold to another company, and while there it gets a hold of an interesting file, with a useful bit of code.

    Freed from its governor module, the CSU has to decide what it wants to do.

    It doesn’t take long to decide.

    It’s a pretty violent idea. But that’s a Combat SecUnit for you.

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    07 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Read to part 8.

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    Seth side-eyed Iris, then snorted a laugh when she made a talking motion with her hand. “Uh huh.”

    « Iris, I saw that. My point is, it is frankly insulting that you immediately assume I did something bad— »

    “Peri broke protocol on its last cargo run,” Iris interrupted loudly.

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    Or, Seth finds out that the surprises never end when your kid is a giant homicidal starship.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    Rocky and Grace discuss names, religion, and the fact that Ryland Grace's life is a bad pun.

    A companion to To Learn by MilkyWayLatte.

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    01 Jun 2026