"Data's had to fight for a lot of rights that organic humanoid species take for granted," Beverly admits gently, "but the idea is the same. He's perfectly normal to me, especially when his emotion chip is active. He's a good friend of mine, no matter what anyone else might think."

Which does, of course, mean that she misses him terribly. It's been about a year since she's seen him, if her sense of time is correct.

"You'd probably like him, too, though he's a bit literal more often than not."