Object
The Universe
An intangible, boundless totality Sonya frames as an object of study and obsession: formless, nonmaterial, and described through awe rather than sensory detail. She treats it like a horizon to be surveyed — a vast system whose existence may depend on belief. Characters respond emotionally: Sonya speaks with urgent compulsion, Geordi answers with steady devotion, and their interaction externalizes the idea as a shared yet elusive thing that orients Sonya's choices.
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Purpose
Functions as a conceptual endpoint and observational target that motivates Sonya's drive to catalogue and understand all phenomena; it supplies the rationale for her investigative behavior and urgency.
Significance
Operates as the central motivating object in Sonya's monologue, crystallizing her fear that pausing will cost her proof and career; it forges emotional tethering with Geordi, escalates stakes by foreshadowing the danger of uncompromising curiosity, and frames the episode's metaphysical question about belief and reality.
Appearances in the Narrative
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