On our private feed, ART-drone said, What the hell are you doing? Your stats are dropping. I was just thinking about alien contamination, I told it. Stop that immediately, ART-drone said. Right, good luck with that. I was thinking about it because I am currently standing in front of what is clearly a Pre–Corporation Rim site. A lot like the one where I redacted.
From the very beginning of this book, I’ve felt disoriented, like I’ve missed a big chunk of story. Such as, what are they even doing here? What are they looking for? Did I miss something?
And then there’s all the “redacted” shit. Who is doing this redacting? Murderbot? ART? Wells? And why are they redacting stuff?
So, maybe Wells *wants* me to feel lost and disoriented. Maybe that’s how Murderbot feels. “Off his game.” Distracted.
I kind of *hope* that’s what’s going on… because hopefully Wells will explain it all in the end and I’ll go, “voila! Murderbot wins again!”
