[the_af]

I think that's what happened. Your mind filled in the gaps and assumed Murderbot's gender.

I'm pretty sure it's never stated it looks like either a man or a woman. I mean, if it can pass for human it must like either or at least androgynous, but Martha Wells never tells us which.

[jghn]

Quite possible. To loop back to my first post, my point was I could have sworn there were at least strong implications at times that it was male-coded, although without gender. But perhaps it is just my own personal mandela effect.

What I do find interesting though is how many people chimed in here with a very strong sense of this detail but it was all a mix of responses! :)