Quotes About Trust

And if it was this hard with Ratthi and Pin-Lee (Gurathin had never liked me and it was mutual), what was it going to be like with Mensah, if I managed to get that far? I didn't know if I could trust them. I wanted to. But I want a lot of things—freedom, unlimited downloads, new episodes of Drama Sun Islands—most of which I wasn't going to get.

I told Mensah through the feed that I wouldn't speak aloud on the comm anymore. She tapped back an acknowledgment on the feed, and I heard her telling the others to get off my feed and my comm, that she was going to be the only one speaking to me so I wasn't distracted. Mensah underestimated my ability to ignore humans but I appreciated the thought.

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

He was starting to realize that maybe he didn't actually know the difference between trusting people and just pretending to trust them while bracing for the betrayal.

SecUnits aren't sentimental about each other. We aren't friends, the way the characters on the serials are, or the way my humans were. We can't trust each other, even if we work together. Even if you don't have clients who decide to entertain themselves by ordering their SecUnits to fight each other.

It must be hard to respect other people's privacy when you've had to fight and scheme for every minute of your own. Hard not to be paranoid when you remember all the times your paranoia was justified.

She would never trust me again. She would never stand close enough to touch (but without touching, because touching is gross) and just trust me.

I suggested Target Four from the Lalow, who had all the characteristics of a human who could be talked into doing anything.

I'm letting you see all this because I want you to know what I am and what I can do. I want you to know who targetControlSystem is fucking with right now. I want you to know if you help me, I'll help you , and that you can trust me. Now here's the code to disable your governor module.

Ship might be unresponsive but it was doing its best and I didn't want it to hurt.

If the humans see me actually doing my job, it helps keep suspicions from forming about faulty governor modules.

I followed her, like a good little SecUnit/killing machine.

Kai." Ziede reached up to rub her face, apparently remembered her already ruined makeup, and planted her hands on her hips instead. "Could you manage not to find any more unique ways to destroy yourself until after we find this Hierarch? I don't really care to die alone." "Well, I'll try." It wasn't like Kai could make any promises right now.

Oh, I've no sense of self-preservation," Reynard replied easily. "That's what I depend on you for.

Ratthi came to my cabin. I didn't have to let him in, so I did.

Jade turned to Malachite, incredulous. "We're going to help them fight off a Fell flight." Malachite didn't take her gaze off the sky. "I am." A growl rose in Jade's throat. She shouldn't have been surprised. The bloodline resemblance between Moon and Malachite was particularly strong, though Moon couldn't see it. And you have five of them back home in the nurseries, she reminded herself.

Maybe the schedules hadn't been updated; humans are so fucking unreliable when it comes to maintaining data.

This is Tremaine Valiarde." There was a faint gasp at the other end. "I can't speak long"—family code for someone is listening—"but I needed to let Uncle Galiard know that I'm all right." I need help and I need it now.

Dr. Arada, who is what her marital partner Overse calls a "terminal optimist

ART had threatened to kill me, watched my favorite shows with me, given me a body configuration change, provided excellent tactical support, talked me into pretending to be an augmented human security consultant, saved my clients' lives, and had cleaned up after me when I had to murder some humans. (They were bad humans.) I really missed ART.

It's joking." Ratthi managed to sound like he completely believed that. "That's how it looks when it's joking." He sent me on the feed, Stop joking.

Pearl tilted her head, but her voice was amused. "When five fledglings all move down together, believe me, she will know.

No," he said, and added with devastating candor, "you were counting on me not being able to speak your language." Florian gestured helplessly. "Tremaine!" "What, so I'll get in trouble?" Annoyed, she shrugged and moved on up the corridor. "Maybe they'll force me to go to another world and fight heavily armed sorcerers who—Oh, wait, we're doing that already.

Ou alors Miki le bot de compagnie n'avait jamais été brimé, dupé ou maltraité ; peut-être ne lui avait-on jamais témoigné que de la bonté et de l'indulgence. Il considérait vraiment ses humains comme des amis, car c'est ainsi qu'ils le traitaient en retour. J'ai signalé à Miki que je me déconnectais une minute. J'avais besoin d'avoir une émotion en privé.