[The trick of having been created with a feed link already in place is that Murderbot has plenty of practice at communicating like this, so it manages to communicate something akin to a shrug.
It isn't verbally brushing off the thanks, because it also doesn't want to cheap the offer, but it also isn't sure how to deal with gratitude.
Instead, it focuses on decoupling one drone from the small swarm and sending it to Vic's location, while over the network, it sends the code and instructions for how to operate the drone. Once Vic runs the code, the drone will no longer respond to Murderbot unless it goes to the effort to hack it.
A few moments later, the drone appears in front of Vic, a black dot the size of a blueberry. There's no visible propulsion or recording devices, and more than anything else, that might be a clue to just how far in the future Murderbot is from.]
They're most effective if you're capable of running multiple mental inputs.
[Humans, even augmented humans, struggle with that.]
[ His eye lights, analysing the code, and once more the sense of the gift settles on him. There have been so few... Every good feeling has been counted like small change, squirrelled away. And if he wasn't like this? He wouldn't be looking at the little drone in wonder, running the code, and feeling his shoulder shift and adapt to make a place for it to nestle. ]
[There's a slight, intentional bleed through of approval in Muderbot's voice; it had suspect that Vic would be able to handle it just fine.]
They can be used to kill an unarmored human, if you ever need to.
[Things Murderbot hasn't learned yet: not everyone is so casual about killing people.
That isn't a Ximilia thing, even. Murderbot's still getting used to the fact the Preservation humans aren't callous with human life the way the Corporation Rim was.]
[ Yeah, but someone who has been treated their whole life (and it's life, Murderbot is alive. If it's not, then Victor isn't, either.) like a tool, of course it would see this as a way to defend itself. ]
I understand.
[ I understand why you would say that. I understand what I have to do, if I must. ]
[There's a tiny moment of indecision where Murderbot wonders if it should reassure Vic that it knows he could defend himself without a drone, but his tone doesn't seem annoyed or bothered, so it's probably fine.]
It's good to have options.
[Especially when it comes to defending yourself. Murderbot doesn't think Vic is the type to hurt people for the sake of hurting them.]
Thank you for the information. [Since it never actually said thank you.] It will help me integrate with the humans.
[In an ideal world, it would just stand in a corner and not talk to them, but that won't make the missions any easier, so Murderbot has resigned itself to being mildly social.]
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It isn't verbally brushing off the thanks, because it also doesn't want to cheap the offer, but it also isn't sure how to deal with gratitude.
Instead, it focuses on decoupling one drone from the small swarm and sending it to Vic's location, while over the network, it sends the code and instructions for how to operate the drone. Once Vic runs the code, the drone will no longer respond to Murderbot unless it goes to the effort to hack it.
A few moments later, the drone appears in front of Vic, a black dot the size of a blueberry. There's no visible propulsion or recording devices, and more than anything else, that might be a clue to just how far in the future Murderbot is from.]
They're most effective if you're capable of running multiple mental inputs.
[Humans, even augmented humans, struggle with that.]
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[ Lightly, ]
I have some practice.
[ Heh. He won't argue with more. ]
It's integrated successfully.
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[There's a slight, intentional bleed through of approval in Muderbot's voice; it had suspect that Vic would be able to handle it just fine.]
They can be used to kill an unarmored human, if you ever need to.
[Things Murderbot hasn't learned yet: not everyone is so casual about killing people.
That isn't a Ximilia thing, even. Murderbot's still getting used to the fact the Preservation humans aren't callous with human life the way the Corporation Rim was.]
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I understand.
[ I understand why you would say that. I understand what I have to do, if I must. ]
I have my own means, but this is good to know.
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It's good to have options.
[Especially when it comes to defending yourself. Murderbot doesn't think Vic is the type to hurt people for the sake of hurting them.]
Thank you for the information. [Since it never actually said thank you.] It will help me integrate with the humans.
[In an ideal world, it would just stand in a corner and not talk to them, but that won't make the missions any easier, so Murderbot has resigned itself to being mildly social.]