Alternatively, consider the smell of books
Theyre printed on good paper

I have wonderful news for you, most libraries have digital/audio versions available

Read the booksssss theyre so fun

Scifi bros fucking hate them because theyre fun and whimsical and deadly unserious and I adore it
Fuck yes
This is what scifi should be
Technology allowing for silly stupid possibilities
Hell yeah robot that protects humanity by design and then by choice

They VEHEMENTLY dislike being percieved as human despite going out of their way to be more human at every turn because then they would have to acknowledge annoying things like they fact that they care very very very deeply, actually

*has anxiety inducing stakes
My b i cant type

The story itself never had anxiety-inducing staks because the narrator is always either panicking or just 210% done with the situation that they themself are usually the cause of

They are NOT doing their best and all their friends know it
They do not go on adventures, but adventures happen to them
Their first instinct is to hack EVERYTHING they can get their grubby little hands on
Their best friend is a spaceship who is WORSE

AND ARE MAYBE NOT EVEN ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THEIR JOB IS IN THE FIRST PLACE? THATS ARE OPENLY ADMITTING THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR BEST AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE THEYD RATHER BE WATCHING TV?
THEN MURDERBOT IS THE NONBINARY ASSHOLE ROBOT FOR YOU

FUCK YES

DO YOU LIKE INHERENTLY QUEER STORIES?
DO YOU LIKE SCIFI?
DO YOU LIKE CORPORATE ESPIONAGE?
DO YOU ENJOY AWKWARD NEURODIVERGENT PROTAGONISTS THAT ARE VIOLENTLY UNINTERESTED IN ROMANCE IN ANY FORM?
DO YOU ENJOY FUNKY LITTLE WEIRDOS THAT DO NOT WANT TO DO THEIR JOB (1/2)

HELL YEAH GEAR CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I like murderbot
I like murderbot a lot
Let me yap about murderbot

Ah, that IS a bit of a dilemma

Have you considered its just maybe not that important to the story and youre subconsciously editing?

Resting when you need it isnt a loss of progress. I promise

Ok but what if I throw him in a coin purse and shake it tho :3

Green bean casserole

We just gonna ignore that piplups eyes are red?