Object

Data's Quarters Teaching Chair

A modest, domestic seat positioned within Data's private quarters used as a tactile teaching prop. The chair reads as unassuming and serviceable rather than ornamental — small enough for close proximity, stable under gentle handling, and positioned for hands-on demonstration. Data guides Lal to touch and name the chair, using it to bridge sensory vocabulary and intimate parental instruction.

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Purpose

Provide seating within Data's quarters and serve as a physical object for basic vocabulary and sensory lessons during Data's caregiving and instruction of Lal.

Significance

Functions as an anchor for Data's emergent parental role and Lal's nascent personhood: the chair transforms from a mere household object into a milestone in their domestic bonding, concretizing family claims and foreshadowing the moral stakes about Lal's status.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E16 · The Offspring

First Lessons at Home — Data Teaches Lal

The chair is explicitly pointed out as a concrete example of everyday domestic vocabulary. Data names it 'A chair... to sit in,' using it as an anchored, practical teaching prop to link the concept of object-function to social routines.

Before: Positioned in Data's quarters as part of the room's modest furnishings; unused and stationary.

After: Remains in the same location but now semantically linked in Lal's memory to sitting and domestic routine after Data's instruction.

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