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As Lilly helped the two men climb back over the stump Marston handed her a  small mushroom he had found under the tree.

[quote] [color=a0410d]“For helping me out here. And more importantly, I don’t want you falling apart, ‘cause I don’t know what’s gonna happen with your robot when you do.”[/color][/quote]

[color=#92B3DB]”Thanks. I wouldn’t worry about julian though, while his oral filter might need a bit of work the controls on his actions are tighter than a... um... They’re rock solid. Can’t take any aggressive action without an authorised person’s say so.”[/color]

While she put on a confident disposition, the fact that the man thought she might die worried her. Maybe She should put in some kind of kill switch, just to be sure? Or have a set person to transfer authority too if she bit the dust. Having to confront her chances of survival like this was disconcerting.

[color=#92B3DB]”I refuse to die here after everything I’ve been through”[/color] she muttered to herself. Her worrying had meant that the scouting group had already headed off up to the north, leaving her with only a few others at the entrance. Hopping down from the log she quickly made her way past the odd assembly and began to scrounge around the rest of the area, inspecting the grassy area to the east of the entrance and up through the second way past the rocky outcropping for anything that might have been hidden from the scouting parties view as they headed north. Finally she strolled up to the  large climbable tree and took a look up into its branches for anything of interest up there 

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Meanwhile, in the mind of the murderbot, there was an ongoing battle between Julian and the speech control programs Shen had installed as the enraged AI continued his battle to be allowed to curse out the girl riding him. All through the pass Julian was either silent or responded with the automatic characterless monoton of the chassis default responses to orders. Once they arrived in the swamp filled canyon he finally had something to focus on that wasn't contemplating all the ways he was going to murder these people. Well, there was one last thought on that train involving drowning in a swamp, but after that he was focused on other things. Like the lizard things on the other side of the swamp.

Julian automatically went into stealth mode, which basically meant he lowered the volume on the speaker he was communicating through but a small blue field of indeterminate function also surrounded the Spark unit’s body. This was entirely for his own benefit, he knew for the fact that he could be ordered to take the brunt of the attack if he “accidentally” alerted them to the human’s presence.

[color=crimson]“If you make we carry you through that Twig, you will be the one cleaning me once we get back.”[/color] 

He told Cedar, though it was more of a prediction than something he could enforce, before turning his attention to the cowboy’s suggested plan.

[color=crimson]“Unless you have something for me to throw then I can’t help with your plan. And before you suggest it, I don’t think me marching over to the beehive and throwing that is a good idea. Because A. mud and B. this body is not built for stealth.”[/color]