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34 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 11, 2025
“Did you meet someone?”
“It still sounded disgusting. “Do you have to call it a relationship?”
Ratthi shrugged one shoulder. “You don’t like the word ‘friendship.’ What else is there?”
I had no idea. I did a quick search on my archives and pulled out the first result. “Mutual administrative assistance?”
“Network Effect”, Murderbot not wanting to admit to (ick) feelings.
“Peri added, ‘It has given me a better understanding of trauma.’
Trauma? Iris thought, taken aback. A machine intelligence with trauma? ‘I’m not saying I think you’d run off and fall in . . . have an understanding and rapport with a corporate transport. But . . .’ Iris gave in and covered her face. ‘Peri, please, it’s not a corporate transport, is it?’
‘It’s a rogue SecUnit.’ ”
‘Oh. Oh, Peri.’ Iris found a seat on a rock. ‘So you really like this person?’
‘I had never encountered another machine intelligence that I could experience this kind of rapport with before.’
Iris: I thought you hadn’t found any other machine intelligences outside the university that were, you know, up to your level.
ART: I haven’t found any inside the university, either.
Matteo said, This seems like a pretty close friend, with all this highly sophisticated system-penetration code they— “Whoa, okay, I was joking!” Matteo flung an arm over their interface. “I’m sorry, don’t hurt me.”
“Did you meet someone?”
“I had never encountered another machine intelligence that I could experience this kind of rapport with before.”