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(Just a heads-up, when a murderbot stands there looking to the left of your head to avoid eye contact, it's probably not thinking about killing you. It's probably frantically trying to come up with a reply to whatever you just said to it.)- Martha Wells, Network Effect, pp.27-28
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Murderbot! I love this bit from the beginning:
Her expression had turned all melty and sentimental. "No hugging," I warned her. It was in our contract.
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