what a fun little novella <3 the dynamic between murderbot and the humans it totally doesn’t care about except yes it does is so charming and sweet and was definitely the highlight for me. i also enjoyed the comedy a lot, and thought it was balanced with the tension of the plot really well. the only thing holding me back from giving it a higher rating is that my brain did shut down whenever there was any kind of techy explanation. which is fully on me. i actually don’t think those parts are objectively too long or difficult to understand, it’s just that i personally either struggle to grasp them, don’t find them interesting, or both, and that did occasionally pull me out of the story.