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• Cold Comforts by lertra

  Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  27 Sep 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Murderbot & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Dr. Mensah & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
  • ART | Perihelion/Murderbot
  • Dr. Arada/Overse (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Farai/Dr. Mensah/Tano (Murderbot Diaries)
  • SecUnit 3/Original Construct Character(s) (Murderbot Diaries)
  • SecUnit 3/Original ComfortUnit Character(s)
  • SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Original ComfortUnit Character(s) (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Post-Hacking of Murderbot's Governor Module (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Canon-Typical Treatment of SecUnits (Murderbot Diaries)
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Canon-Typical Treatment of ComfortUnits
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
  • Derealization
  • Investigations of Personhood
  • In which a ComfortUnit tried to learn whether it likes taking care of people or if that is simply its function
  • Takes place off screen during Platform Decay and will diverge from canon after that point

  Summary

  "It can't be a we problem?"

  "No. It can't. Get in the shuttle."

  "There is — one more thing."

  While on it's "totally according to plan" stint on the torus, Three finds a seemingly abandoned ComfortUnit stuck in it's transportation container. Three being Three, helps.

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