Object

Sonya's Graduating Thesis

A neatly bound academic thesis—stacked pages with a clean, stamped cover and navy binding—representing a completed course of study. Characters reference the document as a succinct proof of technical skill; Geordi cites it aloud to affirm Sonya's competence while Sonya visibly deflects, guarding the paper's emotional weight.

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Purpose

Serves as Sonya's culminating academic work submitted to satisfy graduation requirements and to demonstrate mastery of a field of study.

Significance

Functions as a narrative validation of Sonya's competence and a psychological lever: invoked by Geordi to reassure and anchor her, the thesis symbolizes both earned authority and the pressure driving Sonya's compulsive need to prove herself.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E16 · Q Who?

I Must See It All — Sonya's Urgency and Geordi's Promise

Geordi invokes Sonya's graduating thesis as proof of competence — it functions narratively as validation that her technical skill is real and not merely youthful bravado, legitimizing her placement aboard the Enterprise and heightening the stakes of her compulsion.

Before: Completed, neatly bound document — in Geordi's or Sonya's known possession (referenced verbally but not physically shown).

After: Remains an unaltered credential and rhetorical touchstone; its significance increased by Geordi's public praise but otherwise physically unchanged.

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