It's an analogy that makes Beverly smile a bit. "In a way. He's very intelligent, more so than a lot of human adults. He just doesn't have the experience yet. And that comes with time."

But he's trying and he's working and learning as he goes. To Beverly, that's one of the most important parts of being human.

"Guiding him through a lot of that experience has been very rewarding."

She wouldn't call herself Data's mother by any stretch of the imagination, but a motherly figure helping him? Absolutely.