i wanna discuss this very, very smooth move from farai and naja. cause i think this maneuver was entirely premeditated. they know murderbot's priority is their safety. they know it would sooner separate from the group than put them in more danger; it already tried having them go on without it when they first encountered security looking for rogue secunits. and all three of them said no fucking way, we're going with you, it's safer for you. (humans accepting it repeatedly shields it from scrutiny and suspicion. the heart is a stealth field generator. no one expects a rogue secunit to have a child clinging to it so the militia thinks nothing of letting them in unchallenged)
anyway, i think farai and naja long suspected mb would want to go and do this alone. and they planned not to let it go alone and to split up without letting it argue. they wouldve had to lie to murderbot, communicate without it being aware.
theres something so... family knows you best and knows how to sort of discreetly lovingly manipulate you into having an easier time about it or to know how youll react to something and know the best way to handle it.
the same goes for farai and mb lying to naja about 'catching up later' if they had to go on without them:
that 'it's a good idea to lie to naja' is actually what clued me in to farai being willing to lie to mb
so how did they do it?
well, an earlier scene pointed out mb's blindspot:
all they would have to do to keep mb out of the loop would be pass a paper note lmao (is there paper? who knows. but naja knows how to set up an untracable one way news feed without even being an augmented human so i think they have a few tricks)
i love how they protect it. it reminds me of network effect, where as soon as thiago realizes he misjudged mb, he takes the next opportunity to support it by *not letting it go alone* to the hell plague planet station. this family i swear c:
and when they do let it go off alone? when farai takes tula off its chest... they know it's going off to help other people: the militia, the civilians. they know it wants to protect as many people as possible, not to let them be collateral damage to a danger they brought. and despite farai (and janity) being distressed they support its decision
just as theyre trying to support mensah's decision to help
i think farai gets it now. she's made the decision herself now, to help strangers at the risk of her own family. and she's seen what mb does and how it helps too
she saved it a spot 🥺🥺🥺
