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<v Data>Second Officer Science Log Supplemental.</v>

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Lal is progressing very slowly, but is not deterred

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by early setbacks.

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Translating her vast databanks

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into recognizable applications

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may improve with additional transfers.

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She is also learning

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to supplement her innate android behavior

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with simulated human responses.

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(gentle ethereal music)

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And it is interesting to note

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that as I observe Lal learning about her world,

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I share in her experience.

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Almost as though I am learning things over again.

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(gentle serene music)

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<v ->I watch them, and I can do the things they do,</v>

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but I will never feel the emotions.

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(gentle melancholic music)

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I'll never know love.

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<v ->It is a limitation we must learn to accept, Lal.</v>

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<v ->Then why do you still try to emulate humans?</v>

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What purpose does it serve,

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except to remind you that you are incomplete?

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<v ->I have asked myself that many times</v>

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as I have struggled to be more human.

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Until I realized, it is the struggle itself,

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that is most important.

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We must strive to be more than we are, Lal.

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It does not matter that we will never reach

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our ultimate goal.

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The effort yields its own rewards.

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<v ->You are wise, father.</v>

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<v ->It is the difference between knowledge and experience.</v>

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<v ->I learned today that humans like to hold hands.</v>

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It is a symbolic gesture of affection.

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(gentle serene music)

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(dramatic ethereal music)