I switched to voice comm to say, “Dr. Mensah, I can’t let go of her suit.” It took her a second to realize what I meant. She said hurriedly, “That’s all right, bring her up into the crew cabin.” Murderbots aren’t allowed to ride with the humans and I had to have verbal permission to enter. With my cracked governor there was nothing to stop me, but not letting anybody, especially the people who held my contract, know that I was a free agent was kind of important. Like, not having my organic components destroyed and the rest of me cut up for parts important.
