Object

Elanin Singer Stone

A palm-sized Elanin crystalline collectible, smooth-faced and faintly luminescent, sitting on Pulaski's desk. When held it emits a private, resonant melody tailored to a single listener; Sarjenka hears an intimate song and reacts with wide-eyed wonder. Data cannot perceive the sound — he gently returns the stone when Sarjenka offers it, and her tender touch to his cheek follows the exchange.

3 appearances

Purpose

A portable cultural/collectible object that produces individualized, private melodic tones for its holder — used for personal enjoyment, emotional comfort, or as a ceremonial/gift item.

Significance

Functions as the scene's emotional catalyst: the stone's private song for Sarjenka crystallizes an intimate bond between child and android, makes Data's perceptual limits painfully concrete, and triggers Pulaski's clinical response (scans). The object converts curiosity into moral obligation and foreshadows the personal cost of forthcoming decisions.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E15 · Pen Pals

The Singer Stone's Private Song

The Elanin Singer Stone functions as the emotional catalyst: it emits a private melody perceived only by Sarjenka, prompting wonder and an attempt to share the experience with Data. Narratively it externalizes the gap between Data's mechanical nature and organic beings' private sensations, provoking an intimate transfer of trust and the revealing touch on Data's cheek.

Before: Resting among collectibles on Pulaski's desk, inert yet capable of producing a private song when held.

After: Held by Sarjenka after Data folds her fingers back and gently pushes the stone away from himself; the immediate song-causing function remains but Data cannot perceive it.

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S2E15 · Pen Pals

Silent Song, Tender Touch

The Elanin Singer Stone functions as the emotional catalyst: when Sarjenka holds it, it produces a unique song audible only to her, sparking wonder and trust. She offers it to Data as a shared experience; his inability to hear it underscores his otherness and turns the object into a mirror for difference and connection.

Before: Resting among collectibles on Pulaski's desk, inactive but available.

After: Returned to Sarjenka's hand after Data declines it; remains a private, emotionally charged token that has bonded the child to Data.

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S2E15 · Pen Pals

Singer Stone, Machine Heart, and the Scan

The Elanin Singer Stone, resting among collectibles on Pulaski's desk, begins to sing a private melody for Sarjenka. It becomes the catalyst for intimacy — her wonder, the handing of the stone to Data, and the tender cheek touch — exposing emotional contrast between child and android.

Before: Sitting on Pulaski's desk among other collectibles, inactive until Sarjenka picks it up.

After: In Sarjenka's hands briefly, then gently folded back by Data who returns it to the child or places it aside (remains on the desk area).

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