All Systems Red

All Systems Red (2017) Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries)

I was depressed this morning. I’d tried watching some new serials last night and even they couldn’t distract me; reality was too intrusive.

Gurathin turned to me. “So you don’t have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you.”

I looked at him. “Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.”

(“ I do think of it as a person,” Gurathin said. “An angry, heavily armed person who has no reason to trust us.”

“Then stop being mean to it,” Ratthi told him. “That might help.”)

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Rating: 9.5/10

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