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Gurathin

The augmented technologist whose antipathy with Murderbot thaws into wry, grudging camaraderie on Preservation.

Story so far

Back on Preservation, Gurathin tends to the rebuilding Murderbot, tracking its cognition recovery with dry humor—'I'm going to mark your cognition level at fifty-five percent... Let's make that sixty percent'—and trading its favorite obscene gesture as a running joke. Their mutual dislike, aired openly ('I don't like you.' 'I know.'), has softened into something like grudging camaraderie after he manually forced open the port barrier that saved its life.

He forges the illegal ID markers Pin-Lee slips into Murderbot's bag, helps rig its private camera network with Ratthi, and stays on the station for the meetings about GrayCris and the aftermath.

Appearance

An augmented adult man with a hard-set mouth and subtle temple interface, in practical clothing, more relaxed now, often reading academic journals in the feed.

Role

Preservation technologist; former antagonist-of-sorts now a wry, reliable ally to Murderbot.

Relationships

Murderbot — Their open mutual dislike thaws into grudging camaraderie; he tracks its recovery and forges its IDs.
Pin-Lee — Makes the forged ID markers she gifts Murderbot as insurance.
Ratthi — Helps him set up Murderbot's private camera network in the suite.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 3
  • The augmented Preservation technologist who distrusts Murderbot, here on the ransom team and tracking Mensah's blocked implant.
Chapter 4
  • The wary augmented technologist who forges the fake ransom document and helps disarm Serrat.
Chapter 6
  • The wary technologist who, despite disliking Murderbot, manually forces open a port barrier to save its life.
Chapter 8
  • The augmented technologist whose antipathy with Murderbot thaws into wry, grudging camaraderie on Preservation.
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