System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

by Martha Wells

You’re stalling, ART-drone said. I am not. I can stand here and be useless without any ulterior motives, thanks.

Yeah, I’ll just code a patch to stop feeling anxiety, wow, why didn’t I think of that earlier. (That was sarcasm, I have too much organic neural tissue for that to work.) (Of course I’ve already tried it.)