At the same time, Data strives to be more human, so he simply responded in the way that humans typically respond in such a situation. I found it believable.The only note I thought came off as trite--even though it's admittedly still pretty amusing--was Data's accusational tone with Riker. It brought me out of it a little bit, since Lal's 1)nonbiological nature and 2)(presumed at the time) inability to feel love/pathological attachment would have rendered any experimentation completely harmless