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    ART said, more cautiously than I was used to from it, This is more akin to physical touch than what you usually find tolerable.

    I knew that, but I didn’t like thinking about it. It was fine.

    ART took me at my word for it, and having it squish me became part of the things we did when I was anxious or plagued by stress toxins in my system. Sometimes I asked it to do it even when I was feeling okay. It was a nice feeling. At the time I thought of it as comfortable and relaxing. Without someone physically present touching me, it registered more like the pressure of being underwater, and that just didn’t repulse me like touching skin did.

    It’s true that it was relaxing, but the reason I liked it so much was secretly that it felt good. I hadn’t even admitted it to myself at the time, but I kept asking ART to squeeze me, and eventually things escalated.

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    19 Jul 2026

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    After a long legal battle, the law insisting constructs have guardians within the Preservation Alliance has been revised. Now Murderbot and Dr. Mensah have to figure out what they are to each other outside that framework.

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    13 Jul 2026

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    “SecUnit is recovering as well as can be expected,” she said mildly. “We’re telling it you’re here, and I would assume you’ve already reached out via the feed as well.” A little more gently, she said, “I know you’re worried. But it will be fine.”
    It wouldn’t have to be fine if it were better protected, the Perihelion said. Ayda sighed, very quietly. A very petty part of her wanted to point out that SecUnit had managed to get hurt on the Perihelion as well, and that she wasn’t even on the mission in question. But she squashed it.
    “I’m worried about it too,” she said. “Maybe you could have a talk about better self-preservation instincts.”

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    Ayda Mensah and the Perihelion spend some quality time together without their favorite SecUnit.

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    13 Jul 2026

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    “He told me I’m not his fucking issue anymore. He told me to figure it out - but I’m not going back to that fucking houseshare, I’m not going back to that fucking care home-!”

    His voice crackles in a way Four has never heard from him, but he recognises the tone - hears the desperation.

    Shadow giggles, then chuckles, then laughs. It builds and it morphs and it shifts until he’s cackling, palms pressed against his eyes, breathing ragged. And then he just… stops.

    “I don’t know what I’m gonna do,” he admits, turned away so Four might not hear. His thumb lines his wrist, lingering just a little too long for Four’s comfort. “What else can I do?”

     

    or, Shadow’s train is cancelled due to an incoming snow storm, and Four just can’t seem to leave him alone.

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    13 Jul 2026

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    PSUMNT buys a second-hand SecUnit for the crew of the Perihelion. Here are the consequences of that seemingly simple choice.

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    10 Jul 2026