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1. but turn it does by Polyhexian

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Other
   • Complete Work

   14 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Murderbot 2.0/SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries)
   • SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot 2.0 (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • ART | Perihelion
   • Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries)
   • POV First Person
   • Present Tense
   • POV SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Established Relationship
   • Rocks Fall
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Implied/Referenced Sex
   • Fear of Death
   • Memory Loss
   • Murderbot 2.0 Lives (Murderbot Diaries)
   • SecUnit 1 & SecUnit 2 haunt the narrative
   • Major Character Injury
   • Sharing a Brain
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Angst
   • Brain Damage

   Summary

   “What are we looking at, time-wise?” I ask.

   Three hours until full collapse, maybe two and a half before irreversible abstraction, and— For a moment, it pauses, but not as if it's nervous. It pauses in a way that punctuates its next statement. Two before you need to terminate my kernel.

   Lightning shoots up my spine. “I'm not doing that.”

   Series

   • Part 2 of 2<3

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