Lal's struggle for social belonging: as an emergent being she faces exclusion, misreading, and the struggle to learn social nuance — a micro social-conflict between Lal (and Data's pedagogical efforts) and the shipboard social groups (peers, Ten‑Forwar...

Lal's struggle for social belonging: as an emergent being she faces exclusion, misreading, and the struggle to learn social nuance — a micro social-conflict between Lal (and Data's pedagogical efforts) and the shipboard social groups (peers, Ten‑Forward patrons) resistant or unprepared to integrate her.