Disinformation, which is the same as lying but for some reason has a different name, is the top tactic in corporate negotiation/warfare. - Martha Wells

It wasn’t a foolproof method but it was 90 percent effective. (Foolproof is another weird word. Shouldn’t it be smartproof? It’s not like you’re going to breach and seize control of a ship attached to a space dock by tripping or forgetting to bring your weapon or something.)

She said that in the normal human adolescent exasperated and borderline whiney tone. (That’s actually statistically normal for human adults, too.)

Humans are nervous of me because I’m a terrifying murderbot, and I’m nervous of them because they’re humans.