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Bharadwaj's injury in the field is a reality check to Ayda in more ways than one. The survey planet is not as safe as its idyllic landscapes would appear.
She can't try to forget PreservationAux's rental SecUnit anymore either, or ignore how human it actually is.
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Or: Dr. Mensah's POV during chapters one and two of All Systems Red.
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- Part 2 of No Easy Distance
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16 Jun 2026
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Ayda Mensah wanted to go on a simple planetary survey mission. Things have not gone according to plan.
First, she aborted the mission months early. Second, she purchased a SecUnit with all of her (as well as her family's) life savings. Third, she’s been sued about six or seven different times. (She might have to ask Pin-Lee to come up with an itemized list.)
Oh, and fourth: She’s already lost SecUnit a day after taking custody of it.
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Or: Dr. Mensah's perspective from Chapter 8 of All Systems Red through Exit Strategy.
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- Part 5 of No Easy Distance
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16 Jun 2026
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“I’m sorry, did you say eleven years old?” Ratthi asked, because humans can’t play back bits of conversations that they didn’t hear and are always asking each other to repeat things, much to the annoyance of any contracted SecUnits being forced to listen in and record everything they say to be sold for advertising data.
“Yes,” Gurathin confirmed, and then everyone was staring at me and looking all shocked and sad and whatever.
“Constructs don’t age the same way humans do,” I reminded them, before anyone could start thinking anything stupid like oh no, Murderbot is just a little kid and little kids shouldn’t be doing security and eleven year olds shouldn’t have guns in their arms. "Eleven is old for a SecUnit. Most of my inorganics are already past warranty.”
Except, because I’m an idiot, that didn’t make it better. It actually made it worse, because now even Dr. Mensah was making a concerned face at me.Bookmarked by sleepylesbian
01 Jun 2026
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“I’m being thorough. I have to start at the beginning.”
“Of time?”
“Yes.”
(Cas tells the story of the first time he met Dean.)
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23 May 2026
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there is a familiar dance that they are used to, but a night at the hospital shakes it up
or: roles are reversed - harold and jude make it work
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13 Mar 2026