[ Seriously that button was getting stuck all of yesterday.

Data knows that it's a big leap to take, and he's incredibly patient with Aragorn, noting his breathing and watching him attentively as he reaches out towards the circuitry. There's nothing there that's exposed, and will harm him, and so he remains very still. ]

My positronic net is an incredibly complicated piece of machinery, and few exist who can understand even a small part of how it works. Even I do not know.

However I cannot deny that it is possible. In those circumstances, my superior officers are aware that I can be deactivated.

[ He will have to make sure that Spock and McCoy know how to do it, too. ]