Standard Deviation

I'd say #3 is most likely

Patrick Mac Manus

I wonder if Bubs has a heavy bag to destroy in the shop ... She needs it.

Andy Sleeper

I give Faye points for knowing how to interpret 'I am fine'.

Clifton Royston

I would be upset if I'd had that sort of conversation with Evie and would make my excuses to avoid further dehumanising social interactions.

quarridors

I think that Bubbles does need a little bit of time to brood and recover (that's the pattern she has shown before) but ARGH, Evie needs to check her attitude towards her respondents.

Rebecca

Go talk to her, Faye! That or Faye will find out about Evie and Bubbles’ discussion at dinner and leave dinner to go talk to her then.

Will Weaver

My money is on "Bubbles is angry about Evie". The shop has grown to be a place of comfort to her - after all, they only have AI customers. As we got told before, AIs are not so happy about military-grade AIs, but humans are worse. You don't want to be reduced to that one thing all the time, I understand that.

Jan Gampe

Bubs could be upset with Melon - a totally unfit guardian for a hyperactive robo-dick. It needs someone strong, dependable, big, and red.

Andrew

My guess would be 50% from #3, 25% from #1, 15% from #2, and 10% from somewhere totally unexpected. But I might have those distributions wrong.

Brad Knowles

My money's also on #3. The comparison to a weapon's gotta be hard for somebody who at one point was worried that she was a walking bomb.

C Bonesmith

I'd say #3.

William Burns

My money is on all three.

Mooster

Trying to talk to someone who obviously doesn't want to talk right now isn't a brilliant idea. Faye has already made it clear she's there to talk to when Bubbles wants to.

Chris Crowther

In my mind, there are three possible things Bubbles could be annoyed about: 1) Faye bringing Mandy to the shop. Faye might have got very little work done, and it's another thing that Faye did not tell Bubbles about in advance (not even a phone call) 2) Faye taking money from Melon for no work, as suggested above. 3) Evie's interrogation, as suggested above. My money is on 1, though all three are probable.

Brendan Jones

Silly Amanda, that would be regression lines

Bagge

Personal opinion: this is a combination of Bubs social anxiety reasserting itself, exacerbated by Evie's depersonalizing analysis and discontent about her inability to express her feelings to Faye from watching Mandy and Evie together.

Gary Walker

Faye, talk to her!

Erin Hartshorn

ooh good guess, my mind went straight to Evie being all invasive and analytical and treating Bugs like an object/study

JD

aw man, not cool Evie, not cool at all. way to be oblivious

JD

Wait, that ISN'T how P-values work?!?!!

My bet bubs is pissed that Faye took advantage of melon.

Daniel Higgins

What's wrong, Bubs? :(

TMN

Faye NEEDS to go back and talk to Bubbles.

Does Bubbles want what Faye's sister has?

Ralph

Wait. Another MOODY WAR MACHINE?!?!

BobC

Sigh. Another moody war machine.

BobC

what exactly does bubs have to be pissed at faye about again?

Andje Lewkowicz-Lalonde

Is she upset with the conversation she had with Mandy's girlfriend? Or is she upset that Faye never told her about her sister? Or is it something else?

JD

If someone showed up at my job and treated me like a lab rat, I wouldn't want to eat with them, either