Geordi raised a disbelieving eyebrow, but failed to seem surprised at Riker's forwardness. '.be able to experience sexual attraction.'

'What did you think of her? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd just assumed that since you got the emotion chip you'd.' He made a vague hand gesture.

'She was much too small a mate for a Klingon.' He scowled at his hand and the growing pile of chips in turn, then slapped his cards onto the table. 'Twenty,' she said, and tossed two chips into the pile. 'She was something, all right,' he replied noncommittally as he toyed with his chips, waiting for Troi to make her bet. But come on, you guys gotta admit, this was one of the best holodeck programs we've seen in a while, right? I mean, she was stunning.' He turned to Geordi for confirmation. Data was pleased - it had been 439 days since the installation of the emotion chip, but he was still not completely confident in his ability to determine the appropriateness of humor at the expense of someone else. Troi and Geordi stifled their laughter, and even Worf looked amused, in his own way. 'The fact that she did appear to have an interest in your unsubtle advances may in fact demonstrate a flaw in the holodeck programming of the new Enterprise.' 'She was merely a holographic representation of a female patron of the establishment and any interest she may have demonstrated was the result of a computer simulation.' He considered for a moment, then continued. 'It was not genuine, Commander.' Data flicked two cards neatly into Geordi's waiting hands. 'I'm shocked - shocked, Geordi, that you doubt her interest was genuine.' 'You're just saying that because she could actually pretend to put up with your bluster.' Geordi tossed two cards into the center of the table. They had decided to cap the night off with an inaugural poker game in Riker's quarters, which quickly became controlled by his and Data's rapidly growing chip stacks. Even Worf had come along, after his protests were dismissed by Troi pointing out that the reason for his visit from Deep Space 9 was to see the new ship. Riker's eyes were bright as he recalled the earlier test of the Enterprise-E's holodeck that he, Data, Troi, and Geordi had conducted at a jazz bar. 'I mean it - she was the most realistic simulation I've seen since Minuet.'

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