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Data's reaction to it was the best.

It showed that Data wasn't just a being logic, at his core, he understood being human more than he thought he did.

The scene:

DATA: Sir, there is a celebration on the Holodeck.

RIKER: I have no right to be there.

DATA: Because you failed in your task?

RIKER: No, God, no. I came that close to winning, Data.

DATA: Yes, sir.

RIKER: I almost cost you your life!

DATA: Is it not true that had you refused to prosecute, Captain Louvois would have ruled summarily against me?

RIKER: Yes.

DATA: That action injured you, and saved me. I will not forget it.

RIKER: You're a wise man, my friend.

DATA: Not yet, sir. But with your help, I am learning.

You will likely find that one of the most common things you will be asked today is if there will be an ending to Samurai Jack, and when. It was incredibly unique for an American cartoon, and was exceedingly excellently done. The loss of the show made a lot of people unhappy, especially with the lack of closure. So be prepared for a flood of questions on the topic!

They aren't, but admirals aren't going to make trips out of their offices to visit a remote ship if there isn't something important to make them do so.

Many times, that is going to be the plot device that fuels the conflict in the episode.

So it's not that the admirals are bad, it's that it's bad when you see them.

Kinda like how you really don't want to see top brass visiting a base on the front lines in the military, because it often means something bad is happening.

And your source of information on what is happening throughout the entire nation is....?

The father of one of my friends went through something vaguely similar. A ladder on a cryo tank at his job wasn't mounted properly and collapsed as he was climbing it. He broke his ankle quite badly, and it never healed right. About thirteen years later, the bone started going necrotic and he went with an amputation below the knee. As part of the procedure, they took the heel pad and tendons and grafted them to the bottom of the tibia and fibula to give him a secure, sturdy weight-bearing structure on the bottom of his leg. It apparently helped quite a bit with recovery. Will you be getting something similar done? If not, what will they be doing to negate the problem of having the 'chopsticks' slowly wearing away at the skin at the bottom of the amputation?

I know very little about all of this, and am immensely curious. Sadly, my friend and his father have both passed away, so I can't ask either of them about it anymore.