[There is a reason the portions of the human brain dedicated to social interactions are as complex as they are. The nuances of a micro-expression on a stranger in pain can be read to one degree or another, if you have the fine and subtle organs of perception required - whether by biological birth or skilled engineering - and Data's lie latent, waiting for an activation that may never come.
And yet the mind, biological or positronic, is capable of great adaptation. Data cannot read Dolores' expression, but he can access a database of similar expressions, cross-reference them with the context of the situation (severe injury, unaided by others, unable to access help and yet refusing to accept it now) and conclude: Dolores does not trust him. This does not strike him as unreasonable, under the circumstances.
Data stands as she does, monitoring her progress. There are no other injuries to his person for Dolores to see - Data had been relatively fortunate. When Dolores asks if he is alright, he is activating the door, and he looks at his intact right hand.]
Yes. [He pauses, only for a moment.] And I am functioning normally. Please accompany me to the Auto-Doc for treatment.
[Humans occasionally engage in non-humorous joke telling after stressful events as a means of dissipating tension, or to deflect from their own distress. As Data is not human, it is more likely he interpreted the question overly literally.]
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And yet the mind, biological or positronic, is capable of great adaptation. Data cannot read Dolores' expression, but he can access a database of similar expressions, cross-reference them with the context of the situation (severe injury, unaided by others, unable to access help and yet refusing to accept it now) and conclude: Dolores does not trust him. This does not strike him as unreasonable, under the circumstances.
Data stands as she does, monitoring her progress. There are no other injuries to his person for Dolores to see - Data had been relatively fortunate. When Dolores asks if he is alright, he is activating the door, and he looks at his intact right hand.]
Yes. [He pauses, only for a moment.] And I am functioning normally. Please accompany me to the Auto-Doc for treatment.
[Humans occasionally engage in non-humorous joke telling after stressful events as a means of dissipating tension, or to deflect from their own distress. As Data is not human, it is more likely he interpreted the question overly literally.]