Sheldon chuckled, and Shlee covered her mouth, but everyone else kept a straight face.
Shelly didn't know how to feel. On the one hand, she was no longer alone, as she'd fretted about, but on the other, she didn't know how to feel about the android. She wasn't ready to jump into another relationship. Her brother might be able to do it, but not her.
"What does this mean for you?" Shelly asked.
Sonia remained silent for a long time. Considering how fast her brain functioned, it must have been an eternity to her. After a large pause, she blinked and shook her head. "I need to turn myself in and be dismantled."
"Dismantled? You mean you need to kill yourself?" Sheldon spat. "What the fuck?"
"Eldon!" their dad snapped.
"No, Dad," he replied but refused to look at Lyden. "That's not right, and you know it. She can't throw her life away just because she has a soul now."
"I'm no longer fully mission capable," Sonia informed them. Shelly looked at her, just as aghast as her brother.
