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< "It's just that our mental pathways have become accustomed .. to your sensory >
<  input patterns."                                                             >
< "I understand. I am also fond of you, Commander. And you as well, Counselor." >
< 	-- Riker and Data in ST:TNG "Time's Arrow"                                   >
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