She should probably apologize, but it had looked necessary at the time, and she'd done it. So she doesn't apologize yet. She might later, if it trickles through her thick skull and many pounds of hair.

"I don't think so. At least not the ones around now. That's fine tech, this is meant to be long-lasting. Now, maybe there were Helpmates before.
Maybe something had to build the something that built the Helpmates. Who knows where this began! I'd love to find out. We're not going to find out, are we?"

She sounds disappointed by that idea, but for now she accepts that.