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ol_yellow_eyes) wrote2010-11-15 02:37 pm
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OOM: Diagnostic
Data heads down to the engineering section while Geordi is still on duty. Things have been rather quiet on the Enterprise today, so Data is relatively certain that his friend will not be busy.
He approaches Geordi directly.
"Geordi. May I ask a favor of you?"
He approaches Geordi directly.
"Geordi. May I ask a favor of you?"
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That's not a name he had expected to hear. "Did she mention anything specific? It might help me single out where I should be looking."
Geordi returns to his friend's side carrying a tricorder and what looks like an advanced stylus.
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Data is very aware of the possibility that what he has just said introduces more questions than it answers, but he is trying to be helpful.
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Geordi beetles his brow, and the moment that follows is stiff. You can practically see the gears turning.
"How can that be?"
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"It is possible that I was only imitating behaviors associated with emotional reactions, without actually experiencing the emotions themselves," he suggests. "In the unlikely case that I was, in fact, malfunctioning."
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"All right. I can run a full sweep of your neural net, check for any discrepancies in your subroutines. You haven't encountered any strange -- pulses, or shock waves, have you?"
An unasked question hangs between them.
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"Not that I am aware of," he answers simply.
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"Data--"
He hesitates.
"Have you attempted to use the emotion chip?"
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"I have not," he says. He attempts to make his voice sound gentle. "I do not anticipate having any urge to install it in the near future, and it is even less likely that I will choose to indulge such an urge.
"If I did, however, I would ask for your help in doing so."