"Data, yes," Beverly finds herself saying, despite how much she might want to stop herself. It seems that today just isn't a day for keeping the Prime Directive intact. "No, he's one of about two still surviving. There were a few others, but most couldn't survive for long before suffering a cascade failure of their neural net. Geordi and I could spend all day telling you how Data's mind works... but no one really knows why his brain survived when so few others did."

She tilts her head slightly, deciding to try to turn it back on Sam this time to take some of the pressure off.

"I didn't know you were interested in cybernetics. Or is just the idea of androids you like so much?"