Sheldon ran a hand through his hair wearily. He looked across the lab at Penny. She was pacing back and forth reading the latest printouts from Bernadette's tests. For 11 days Amy and Bernadette had worked tirelessly to try and find a way to stop the deterioration. He was working on finding a way to reverse the separation. Penny was doing her best to keep the others calm and co-operative. Howard and Raj were useless with biology or chemistry, so they ran errands, brought food, and basically did any grunt work needed. Leonard was playing least in sight lately. He was still angry with everyone and blamed his break up with Priya on Amy in particular. Stuart had visited once, but Mallory had yelled at him and he freaked.
Sheldon looked over at Crys who was curled up in a chair beside him. Ever since they had told the clones what Bernadette and Amy had found, Crys had become his silent shadow. He was confused by her constant presence. She rarely spoke to anyone, preferring to sit quietly wherever he was.
He switched the slide under the microscope and took a look at the latest blood sample from Penny. Her blood was the strongest of the group, but there were obvious signs of deterioration even in hers.
"You can't fix this, can you?"
Sheldon looked over at Crys with concern. She was the one he was most worried about. She was immersed in depression on a good day. How could she handle this?
Crys scooted forward and rested her elbows on her crossed legs. "You know, we really are individual people. But we all hold the same memories." She looked him in the eye and sighed sadly. "We have the same experiences and memories, we just view them differently. Carrie still views life like it's high school and sex made you popular. Mallory views it from a sense of desperation that time is passing us by. Denise is lucky. All she has is the past. Phoebe sees everything from our fear of failure. Penny, well, she is our rational side. She cuts off emotion so that she can be responsible."
Sheldon waited for her to finish but she just looked down at her hands. "And you?" he finally prompted.
R/W : reverse, day, even, spoke, fix.