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Ratthi

The warm Preservation biologist who tends Murderbot's wounds and rigs it a camera network on Preservation.

Story so far

Ratthi, the open-hearted Preservation biologist Murderbot's neural tissue tags simply as 'my human friend,' is hands-on through the escape and aftermath: he digs the shrapnel from Murderbot's knee joint in the shuttle, frets over its unsealable wound, and does rescue breathing on a collapsed crew member during the Attacker's assault. On Preservation he helps rig Murderbot a private camera network across the guest suite so it can watch everything and feel secure, and gently guides it through its disorienting rebuild. He remains on the station with Pin-Lee and Gurathin for the meetings on GrayCris and the fallout.

Appearance

An adult male planetary biologist of otherwise unspecified features, in practical clothing, warm and openly caring in manner.

Role

Preservation biologist; Murderbot's easiest human friend and its hands-on caretaker.

Relationships

Murderbot — Its self-declared human friend, who extracts its shrapnel and rigs the camera network that helps it feel safe.
Gurathin — Helps him set up Murderbot's camera network in the suite.

Earlier in this series

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

Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 3
  • The warm, earnest Preservation biologist on the ransom team, shadowed by GrayCris on TranRollinHyfa.
Chapter 8
  • The warm Preservation biologist who tends Murderbot's wounds and rigs it a camera network on Preservation.
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