"No," he offers, a statement of fact, "you are not."
He's not certain a crew member exists who would use those terms to describe her. The difference between her virus-enabled behavior and her typical patterns are significant. Data leaves the concept of deserving anything particular off for another time. As a human who, at some point, perhaps numerous times, felt inhuman in that capacity, a certain empathy for his own circumstances is reasonable. If perhaps unfortunate. His gaze shifts off-center as he shuffles through memory files regarding the virus outbreak.
"The virus was a... curious experience. I had not anticipated that it would be able to infect me, and I do not believe that the Captain anticipated it when he sent me to escort you to Sickbay." The Captain is nothing if not reliable in that capacity. "You are correct that sexual desire is not something I am typically prone to, regardless of my related programming. I could not be emotionally impacted by the virus, however: my functions were merely impaired in a manner resembling intoxication. The result of physical contact and a functioning circulatory system."
Or that's what he tells himself, at the very least. Goodness forbid he recognize potentially emotional behaviors within his own parameters.
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He's not certain a crew member exists who would use those terms to describe her. The difference between her virus-enabled behavior and her typical patterns are significant. Data leaves the concept of deserving anything particular off for another time. As a human who, at some point, perhaps numerous times, felt inhuman in that capacity, a certain empathy for his own circumstances is reasonable. If perhaps unfortunate. His gaze shifts off-center as he shuffles through memory files regarding the virus outbreak.
"The virus was a... curious experience. I had not anticipated that it would be able to infect me, and I do not believe that the Captain anticipated it when he sent me to escort you to Sickbay." The Captain is nothing if not reliable in that capacity. "You are correct that sexual desire is not something I am typically prone to, regardless of my related programming. I could not be emotionally impacted by the virus, however: my functions were merely impaired in a manner resembling intoxication. The result of physical contact and a functioning circulatory system."
Or that's what he tells himself, at the very least. Goodness forbid he recognize potentially emotional behaviors within his own parameters.