[Engineering] - [Enterprise & Riviera]

[1_00110111_01]

Something was pinging in her conciousness, nagging at a lower level of her awareness, and had been for days. Reviewing her records brought her to the conclusion that it had been there since approximately the time of departure from Risa and it had been growing stronger since, to the point that now, she could no longer ignore it.

Following her

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[buick_riviera]

The Buick could understand her. But at first, it didn't know who she was speaking to. When Leonard or Scotty spoke, they did not expect an answer, and the Buick was free to listen and dream and wallow in their attentions. Which made sense, as it certainly couldn't respond back. It was frustrating, but thus far had only been so in a general sense. It crept up on it, this desire to communicate, to answer them back, to let them know their feelings were reciprocated.

So this being, different from the others, confused it. And it was still of the opinion that she had been looking for someone else when the voice reverberated in the Buick's very being, that strange space of awareness that had no physical component. Its own voice, answering back, was somehow both joyous and filled with doubt.

{YOU CAN HEAR ME?}

[1_00110111_01]

A thrill ran through her, pleased to have got this right.

{Yes. I could feel your presence and wanted to communicate with you.}

[buick_riviera]

There was silence, a sort of frantic energy as the Buick tried to digest this overwhelming knowledge.

{NO ONE HAS EVER EXPECTED AN ANSWER.}

[1_00110111_01]

The clear, vast capacity for learning new things made her feel an overwhelming sense of joy and anticipation.

{Organics can be silly and blind to the possibilities right in front of them, which doesn't make me love them any less, sometimes they need a nudge. They had no idea I was there until I found a way to communicate with them.}