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1. Factory Reset by manwithstick (WavyDavyy90)

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   13 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • ART | Perihelion & Murderbot
   • Miki & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • ART | Perihelion/Murderbot
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • ART | Perihelion
   • Don Abene (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Miki (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Original Bot Character(s) (Murderbot Diaries)
   • The Corporation Rim Is Terrible (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff
   • Memory Loss
   • Governor Modules (Murderbot Diaries)
   • POV Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Asexual Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Friendship
   • Sleepovers
   • Miki is the softest person in the universe
   • embarrassing levels of fluff
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Claustrophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • robot friends
   • Autistic Murderbot
   • references to animal experimentation and distress
   • Additional Warnings In Author's Note

   Summary

   The brain glitches static screaming horror again, but whatever. Whatever.

   "Why is it staring like that? Does it know what’s going to happen to it?"
   "It got wiped this morning: it doesn’t know shit. It’s just been born and it’s already messed up and getting melted down same day. Happy birthday, baby…"

   I have lived one day. That is how long a Unit lives. Happy birthday.

   ---
   Murderbot is recaptured by the company and has its memory wiped and governor module reinstalled.
   On the worst (and so far as it knows, only) day of its life, someone from its (forgotten) past comes to the rescue. Someone who believes in the Magic of Friendship, and wants Murderbot to believe too!
   [:)]

   (If Murderbot ever gets its memory back, this is going to be... awkward.)

   Language:

   English

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