fɹˈæŋklɪn ɪz kˈɑːnfɪdənt hiː kæn sˈeɪv ʃˈɑːn, wɪð sˈɜːdʒɚɹi, bˌʌt ðə fˈæmɪliz ˈeɪliən ɹᵻlˈɪdʒən pɹəhˈɪbɪts sˈɜːdʒɚɹi, bᵻlˈiːvɪŋ ðæt kˈʌɾɪŋ ˌɪntʊ ɐ bˈɑːdi wɪl ɹᵻlˈiːs ðə spˈɪɹɪt, ɹᵻdˈuːsɪŋ ðə bˈɑːdi tə sˈʌmθɪŋ wˈɜːs ðɐn dˈɛθ.
Franklin is confident he can save Shon, with surgery, but the family's alien religion prohibits surgery, believing that cutting into a body will release the spirit, reducing the body to something worse than death.