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    I am in the process of repairing the damage that 3 caused to itself. I am also maintaining life support onboard myself, calculating fuel and energy reserves, cleaning my hallways, preparing my crew's cabins for their return, inventorying our supplies, and running my many other lower-level processes. And I am talking SecUnit through its identity crisis. Were I being paid for my work, I would deserve a raise—although mostly for the identity crisis situation.

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    Or: Murderbot tries to cope with the realization that its experiences are not universal. ART tries to cope with the fact that it's really bad about catching feelings.

    These are supplemental chapters to Initiate Decision Tree Assembly! Not meant to be read as a standalone work but you do you.

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    12 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 21

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    Perihelion's presence bears down on me in the feed. I do not think that it can read my mind, but it feels like it is trying to. I am bleeding something into the feed, but I do not know what. I am being scrutinized, picked apart, ogled.

    What?

    All of my organics feel tense. I… want to watch the videos you gave me.

    Do you require my permission to do so?

    No.

    Then watch them.

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    Or: Three attempts independent research. It doesn't stay independent for long.

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    12 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 14

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    Perihelion had offered me a file detailing every surgical procedure and alteration it was authorized and certified to carry out. It had also offered me an encrypted file detailing the procedures and alterations it was in no way certified to carry out, but retained 98% confidence that it could do so with minimal risk to me.

    In case you change your mind, it had said.

    Thank you, I replied.

    I did not open the files.

    Or: Three makes some choices.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    "You're being reassigned"

    I stood there, staring at Seth like he had just shot me. 

    Reassigned? Maybe I didn't understand what that meant in this context. I queried a definition and nope. I got it. Can they do that? 

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    SecUnit is reassigned to another ship for a supposedly low risk mission. ART hates the idea immediately.

    Unfortunately, ART is right.

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    >> NO Platform Decay Spoilers!

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    08 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 47

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    There are many ways to cope with trauma. Some avoid. Some ignore. Usually, Murderbot does one of those two things.

    This time, however, it chooses to revisit. In a controlled (up to a point) experiment with a friend it (mostly) (completely) trusts: an Asshole Research Transport. All hell breaks loose quickly, but that's not always a bad thing.

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    05 Jun 2026