Troi: "It's not like Data to be secretive."
Wesley: "And cautious. He's got that lab locked every minute."
LaForge: "Now how do you know that?"
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Lal: "I am functioning within normal parameters."
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Lal: "Purpose for exterior drapings, father?"
Data: "It is an accepted custom that we wear clothing."
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Picard: "Data, I would like to have been consulted."
Data: "I have not observed anyone else on board consulting you about their
procreation, Captain."
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Picard: "I fail to understand how a five-foot android with heuristic learning
systems and the strength of ten men can be called a child."
Troi: "You're never been a parent."
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Lal: "I am genter neuter, inadequate."
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Troi: "Congratulations, Data. It's a girl."
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Wesley: "Parents. Nothing personal."
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Lal: "Why is the sky black?"
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Lal: "Judging from their laughter, the children at school found my remarks
humorous. So without understanding humor, I have somehow mastered it."
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Data: "I can give her attention, Doctor, but I am incapable of giving her love."
Beverly: "Now why do I find that so hard to believe?"
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Lal: "Father says that I would learn a great deal from someone as old as you."
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Lal: "What are they doing?"
Guinan: "It's called flirting."
Lal: "They seem to be communicating telepathically."
Guinan: "They're thinking the same thing, if that's what you mean."
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Lal: "Guinan, is the joining of hands a symbolic act for humans?"
Guinan: "It shows affection. Humans like to touch each other. They start with
the hands, and go from there."
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Lal: "He's biting that female!"
Guinan: "No, he's not biting her. They're pressing lips together. It's called
'kissing'."
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Lal: "Wy are they leaving?"
Guinan: "Lal, there are some things your father's just going to have to explain
to you when he thinks you're ready."
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Data: "Commander, what are your intentions towards my daughter?"
Riker: "Your *daughter*? Nice to meet you. Excuse me."
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Lal: "You are wise, father."
Data: "It is the difference between knowledge and experience."
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Haftel: "Captain, are we talking about breaking up a family? Isn't that a
rather sentimental attitude about androids?"
Picard: "They are living, sentient beings. Their rights and privileges in our
society have been defined, I helped define them."
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Haftel: "She is capable of running sixty-trillion calculations a second, and you
have her working as a cocktail waitress."
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Haftel: "Don't misunderstand me. I have great respect for your father."
Lal: "You do not speak with respect."
Haftel: "She seems very adversarial."
Lal: "I am merely stating a fact, Admiral."
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Troi: "Hello, Lal. How are you?"
Lal: "Troi...Admiral...Admiral...An Admiral from Starfleet has come to take me
away. Troi. I am...scared."
Troi: "You are scared, aren't you?"
Lal: "I feel it. How is this possible?"
Troi: "I don't know."
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Lal: "This is what it means to feel. This is what...means...feel."
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Data: "Lal is my child. You ask that I volunteer to give her up. I cannot. It
would violate every lesson I have learned about human parenting. I have
brought a new life into this world and it is my duty, not Starfleet's, to
guide her through these difficult steps to maturity. To support her as she
learns. To prepare her to be a contributing member of society. No one can
relieve me from that obligation. And I cannot ignore it. I am...her father."
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Picard: "There are times, sir, when men of good conscience cannot blindly follow
orders. You acknowledge their sentience, but you ignore their personal
liberties...and freedom. Order a man to hand his chld over to the state. Not
while I'm his captain."
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Picard: "A malfunction...emotional awareness."
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Data: "Lal, I am unable to correct the system failure."
Lal: "I know."
Data: "We must say 'Good-bye' now."
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Lal: "I feel..."
Data: "What do you feel, Lal?"
Lal: "I love you, father."
Data: "I wish I could feel it with you."
Lal: "I will feel it for both of us. Thank you for my life. Flirting...
laughter...painting...family...female...humo--" [Dies]
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