| Cr: |
Signal from the Captain. They need you at the debriefing.
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| Da: |
I've been most anxious to hear the chief engineer's opinion, Mr.
Argyle. Do you believe he can be made to function?
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| Ar: |
It appears to include all the components in your body. Ha, not
that we fully understand your construction, either.
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| Cr: |
We have our top specialists working on its construction, Mr. Data.
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| Ar: |
Ah, just one thing. Without disassembling you, of course,
sir, if we should need more....
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| Cr: |
If we should need to compare this with the way, you're put together.
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| P : |
Bringing it up here was the right thing to do, Number One. We were just
saying, Data, that if your duplicate functions, it may answer
a lot of questions.
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| R : |
Does it appear to have, uh, all your parts?
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| Da: |
Completely, sir.
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| Ge: |
Will... Will we know how to turn it on?
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| P : |
All right. All right. Legitimate questions about any of this need not
to be asked apologetically. You feel uncomfortable on aspects of your
duplicate, Data. We feel uncomfortable, too, and for no logical reason.
If it feels awkward to be reminded that Data is a machine, just
remember that we are merely a different variety of machine.
In our case, electro-chemical in nature. Let's begin to handle this
as we would do anything else.
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| Ge: |
Agreed, Captain.
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| P : |
Let's begin with you, Data.
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| Da: |
Well, sir, a good starting point may be 'Why was I given human form?'
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| Ge: |
Well, to make it easier for humans to relate you, had to be.
But your designer may have had something else to prove as well.
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| P : |
That human-shaped robots need not be clumsy or limited in their
performance. You certainly operate as well as we do, Data.
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| Da: |
Better in some ways, sir.
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| R : |
You might have a look at this, Captain. It could be a link to
the disappearnace of the colonists. It was displayed in the lab.
No doubt by proud parents. It could be just a child's imagination, but several
children did similar drawings.
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| Cr: |
Dr. Crusher to the Captain. At this point, sir, we very much need Mr.
Data's help.
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| P : |
He's on his way, Doctor.
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| ? : |
Is the electromagnetic synthemometer reading positive or negative?
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| ? : |
Positive.
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| Da: |
Press your fingers there, Doctor. There. It operates almost as
a switch.
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| Cr: |
And these small projections?
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| Da: |
An android alarm clock. Is that amusing? They time how long I remain
unconscious.
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| Ar: |
Are you certain about us using these heating devices, Data?
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| Da: |
I will feel nothing at all.
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| Ar: |
Marvelous. It should all be a lot simpler onece we see how your
circuitry's connected.
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| Cr: |
I won't mention it to anyone. You have my word.
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| Da: |
If you had an off switch, Doctor, would you not keep it secret?
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| Cr: |
I guess I would.
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