His assessment for media type sounds right, but it still makes Murderbot wince at the thought of living like that. Conflicts that engulf the entire galaxy? It's read about the war between the company and GrayCris, and that's only corporate. Everyone not affiliated with them mostly carries on living their lives. For those on mining installations, they are shitty shitty lives... but not war.

"That sounds like a great series of stories," Murderbot says, "but terrible for life. How's it compare to here?" Trench, after all, always has something going on. Not war. Plenty of blood and death.