[It has to hesitate just for a moment. Imperceptible to most people, but it struggles to formulate an answer in a way that doesn't sound alarming, because My Spaceship is going to be furious and it has a stockpile of warheads it's looking for an excuse to use isn't comforting to most people. (It's comforting to Murderbots but it already knows it's fucking weird.)]
- I was in contact with it before being kidnapped, and the crew is on high alert about abductions already. And the ship has a wormhole drive.
[... Which needs to be cleared of alien contamination first. Shit. It snaps its jaw shut again, trying not to look grim at the thought.]
no subject
[It has to hesitate just for a moment. Imperceptible to most people, but it struggles to formulate an answer in a way that doesn't sound alarming, because My Spaceship is going to be furious and it has a stockpile of warheads it's looking for an excuse to use isn't comforting to most people. (It's comforting to Murderbots but it already knows it's fucking weird.)]
- I was in contact with it before being kidnapped, and the crew is on high alert about abductions already. And the ship has a wormhole drive.
[... Which needs to be cleared of alien contamination first. Shit. It snaps its jaw shut again, trying not to look grim at the thought.]