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- It was so good. - It really is great.

I know.

Okay, should we move the conversation away from this?

Yeah, let's do that.

Bharadwaj! Bharadwaj! Bharadwaj! Bharadwaj!

Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Um...

Sweet.

Hmm.

It is the eve of the Chatterjee memorial lecture...

Oh.

...and I have never spoken in front of so large a crowd.

Pin-Lee had tickets to their favorite theater ensemble,

but they canceled them so that they could sit in the front row of my lecture,

and I had a friendly face to look at.

- Mmm. - Yeah, they do.

Bitter.

So I took it the wrong way.

I shared that I had romantic feelings for them,

and Pin-Lee did not return those feelings.

Pin-Lee, my apologies for the discomfort that I caused you.

We can talk about this.

We can talk about this.

We can talk about this.

- Next, please. - Who is the next victim?

I mean, willing participant.

I'm getting a G.

Gu, Gu, who?

Gu, Gu, Gu, Gurathin.

Gurathin!

Gurathin!

- Gurathin! Gurathin! Gurathin! - Gura! Gura!

All right, all right, all right, okay.

Um, I... Let's see, I choose...

You have to... Uh, sweet.

- Sweet. - Mmm.

So I'll choose our fearless leader.

Hmm.

Okay, so I'm at a... ...conference of nonaligned systems

as the representative of the Free Planet Working Group.

In fact, I am working for the Corporation Rim

as a spy.

What?

They have induced me to be very addicted to a number of substances

for which only they possess the formulas.

My job is to acquire sensitive information

that the Corporation Rim can use to divide their adversaries

and further their reach.

My target is Dr. Ayda Mensah.

And I am sick of it all.

I'm sick of the lying. I'm sick of the addiction.

And I am seriously considering ending my life.

Then I meet Mensah.

And I understand what is possible between people of good will.

So I break down. I... I tell her everything.

But... she forgives me.

And I...

...I move to Preservation Alliance,

and here we are.

Yeah.

Okay, um...

Now, uh...

Bitter.

- Bitter. - Yeah.

I can't think of anything.

I'm sorry. I'm not very good at this game.

- Gura. - It's okay, Gura.

He just needs some time.

- Wow. - Yeah.

So, the thing is the bad stuff is also part of the good stuff.

Sweet and bitter. Positive and negative.

Mmm.

- Bitter. - Mm-hmm?

You are naive.

Go on.

This expedition, this deal with the Company,

I don't like it. I don't think that it is safe.

Well, we have a Security Unit coming along.

Doesn't that make you feel better?

No, it makes me feel worse.

Then why are you here?

I guess I'm naive too.

Finish emergency preparations immediately.

Departure in ten minutes.

Okay, who died and made the SecUnit our boss?

Uh, I think she did.

What? I covered it.

My risk assessment module was a piece of crap.

It hadn't told me that Leebeebee was a hostile.

And I was certain that her friends were on their way here.

What's it doing out there?

It said that it was monitoring the perimeter.

That's what it always says whenever it doesn't wanna deal with us.

All our files.

All our data...

It was everything we've been working on.

There will be more data, trust me.

We have to go. Come on.

Okay, I just...

Are you okay?

You need to have more time in the med bay.

No, I'm okay.

Are you okay?

No, not really.

None of us are. But we have to keep moving.

Time to go.

We know.

If you know, then why aren't you moving faster?

- It's listening. It's always... - Has it always been able to do that?

They're coming. We need to leave now.

Oh.

Humans really didn't weigh the pros and cons accurately.

You would think that saving their lives

would cancel out a little unexpected violence, but no.

Fine, whatever.

Time for a softer approach.

I'm asking you to please get into the hopper.

Unless you feel like dying.

I-I mean from them, not-not from me.

So what's the plan?

- Is there a plan? - The plan is to stay alive.

For how long?

I was hoping forever, but I would settle for about a month.

That's when the Company transport is due.

Yeah, if they keep to the contract.

If they're not in on it.

If it's not in on it.

It's not like I couldn't hear them from here.

Their unwarranted fear and distrust of me was starting to get a little annoying.

Sec.

What's going on, buddy?

Uh, everyone's feeling a little bit jumpy, you know?

Kind of just a little bit startled, to be honest.

I was so startled.

That was some pretty good aim, you know?

Unless you were trying to hit Gurathin and missed, know what I mean?

If I was trying to kill Gurathin, he would be dead.

You would all be dead if I wanted to kill you.

Cool.

Okay, good talk.

What was that about?

Yeah, I was just checking in. I was just checking in, you know?

That's good. What did it say?

Ah, it's feeling good.

It's feeling good. It's feeling, um, confident.

- Confident? - Mmm.

Do you think it has any regret for killing Leebeebee?

Don't know. It didn't use that word exactly.

- I'm going to set a... - Perimeter. Sure.

Dr. Gurathin, your body temperature is spiking.

Oh, thank you so much for the concern.

I didn't indicate concern. I just stated a fact.

Ungrateful.

That's what they were.

Maybe I should stop sticking out my neck for them.

Maybe now's our chance to take off and leave it.

Let the Company pick it up separately.

Yes, it defended us, but... but if it changes its mind,

we cannot defend ourselves against it.

I'm more concerned with the people who are trying to actually kill us right now.

Of course I am not happy with how it killed her.

I am also not happy with it.

Because someone's head exploded next to mine.

- She had a name. - Yeah, Leebee.

Leebeebee!

In its defense, Leebeebee did seem happy to kill us.

No, I don't think she could have. I think she was bluffing.

Pretty solid bluff.

I thought it was supposed to protect us. Not...

Not hurt anybody?

Come on, guys.

Sometimes you've gotta break a few eggs to make a protein-dense breakfast.

That's not the expression.

Yeah, but am I wrong?

I don't believe that we can make it without SecUnit.

Because we would be defenseless.

Babe, I'm here.

Yeah, so am I.

Okay, I really appreciate that both of you are here,

but let's not forget all of the things that have happened.

And how we got out of it.

I mean, I think this is the moment we need to join hands with it,

not abandon it.

The question isn't if we leave it, but if it leaves us.

Think about it,

if I were a construct who'd been subjected to years of forced labor,

violence, and abuse,

I would think seriously about trying to make it on my own.

Yeah, but first, I'd get rid of the witnesses.

Take them to an isolated place for starters,

some place they wouldn't be found.

If we get out of this,

I am suing the living shit out of everyone in the Corporation Rim.

I would love to see that.

I could just leave them to cope on their own, I guess.

But it wasn't that easy.

It's wrong to think of constructs like me as half bot, half organic.

Like the bot half should just want to obey orders and do its job.

And the organic part

should want to protect itself and get the hell out of there.

As opposed to the reality, which was that I was one whole, confused entity.

I suppose I could just watch media until my battery ran out,

and I became another piece of the scenery.

I should've downloaded more shows.

You don't look well.

I think you need a med bay.

We can't risk it.

At least, according to our new best friend.

Do you have feelings for it?

For... For SecUnit?

Yes, SecUnit.

Gura...

Oh, darling, you really are out of it.

Oh, here he comes.

It.

How's the perimeter?

Is that a joke?

Sort of.

Though I do actually want to know how the perimeter is.

Secure.

And you?

Am I secure?

How are you in general?

I had thought that one of the good things

about not hiding my hacked governor module

would be that I wouldn't have to answer stupid human questions.

But annoyingly she kept waiting for a response.

Fortunately, any bullshit would do the trick.

Fine.

Ratthi, don't.

Now is not the time.

Okay.

Okay, let's just have a little chat, shall we?

Gurathin thinks you're gonna murder us.

- Ratthi. - What?

- Somebody had to say it. - No, they didn't.

Well, it deserves to know. It's-It's a member of our team.

Sorry, but it's not. Not really.

Are you?

What's going on here? Could I see your face, please?

Why don't you want us to look at you?

There's no reason to look at me, I'm not a SexBot.

So you don't have a governor module, but we can torture you by looking at you?

Probably. Right up until I remember that I have guns built into my arms.

Okay.

What exactly is your plan for security? Besides threatening us.

I don't know. What exactly is your plan? Besides filing a lawsuit.

It can hear us in the hopper too?

I wish I didn't have to, but of course I can hear you.

I'm a highly advanced piece of technology.

All right, we have to have it out.

We are going to talk about this right now.

- Yes, I agree, we can talk about this. - Yes, we can talk about this.

Could you please lower the helmet?

You can talk about it.

I'm gonna get some rest.

- Circle. - Nope.

Yes.

You too.

Absolutely not.

It's okay, we can talk about this.

- We can talk about this. - We can talk about this.

We can talk about this.

Why do they keep saying that?

SecUnit, um...

I consider myself lucky to have someone here who is used to combat.

We're not.

Unless you get a mining drill in your hands.

I am gonna have to reckon with that.

I just want them to get past the violence.

It's safer if they think of you as a person who is trying to help.

Because that's how I think of you.

I hear something.

Well, maybe it just needs some perimeter time.

What even is the perimeter? It really seems to vary.

I get it. Sometimes I hide behind a mask.

Mask of insecurity.

It's not a crime to have feelings.

I'm a maelstrom of emotion.

Everyone back in the hopper!

- What is it? - Is there something on the perimeter?

- Now! - We can talk about this.

No, you can't, 'cause you'll all be dead.

- Okay. - Oh.

Shit! It's trying to get in.

There's another one!

No, this one's different.

Ugh. Look at that.

They're fighting!

They're gonna kill each other.

No.

They're not fighting.

I think they're complementary genders of the same species.

They're making love.

That's what you call it?

Well, this is unexpected.

This is fascinating.

I'm worried about the structural integrity of the hull.

Is there anything that we can do to get them off?

I could electrify the hull.

- Yes, do it. - No!

- No, no, no, no. - Okay... Or no, no.

Hey, these are animals. This is just animal behavior.

We need to be documenting this, we can't be administering shocks to them.

It's so intense.

Frankly, I didn't find it any more revolting

than what humans do to each other.

They're gone. For now.

Yeah, but they left us something.

Oh, wow. Wow!

Great. Just great.

Aren't they though?

Oh.

Oh, they must've been attracted to the residual heat from our engines,

and then they thought that this would be a really great place to reproduce.

So, it wasn't just a casual sex thing?

We should get these off the hopper.

No, no, no. What if that kills them?

What if it doesn't? Then you could study them or something.

In private. Somewhere where I don't have to look at them.

Babe, just go inside then.

I don't see any harm in leaving them there.

For the moment.

I did, but nobody asked me.

Perhaps they'll hatch and crawl off.

I was standing around like an idiot

when I learned that top of the line SecUnits

could jam my threat assessment module.

Please remain calm. Please remain calm.

I've got a plan!

Ratthi, no!

Fuck!

They were trying to help, which didn't help.

But as much as it pissed me off, I kind of appreciated it.

Get up!

Fuck!

What the fuck's going on? What's going on? Fuck my life.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

In retrospect, I was glad we didn't touch the egg sacs.

Okay.

Okay. All right.

Yeah.

Yeah!

SecUnit does it again!

Ratthi wanted to grab me

- for some kind of celebration. - Come on, bring it in.

- Huh? Huh, huh? - Fortunately, fate intervened.

Gura!

Hold on. Be gentle, gentle.

Oh, he's burning up.

He needs a med bay. We have to get back to the habitat.

The habitat will be crawling with hostiles.

He'll die.

You will all die if you go back.

No, no, this is how we do it.

We take care of each other!

Oh, great. So now I'm the bad guy.

We're going.

You can come if you want.