Antique Bound Sonnet Book (Data's Quarters)

A small, antique, hand‑held volume of sonnets—leather-bound with gilt edges and softened corners from handling—carried in the ship’s personal effects. In this moment the book rests in Jean‑Luc Picard’s hands in his quarters: he reads quietly, snaps it closed on a finger, and sets it aside as conversation turns. The pages smell faintly of paper and careful use; characters treat the book as a private keepsake and a tactile anchor during a sober, intimate exchange between Picard and Data.