'Sure,' she agrees readily. 'That is, I don't know much about the specifics? But I do know theory.' This isn't strictly true; Tayrey knows the inner workings of a Matsukata drive as well as any other career spacer, but Code forbids her from sharing anything that might let anyone else build their own. Lorentzen's legacy.

'I know a little about wormholes too, but out my way that was all theoretical, excepting those tiny ones that exist for fractions of a second.' she tells him. As she speaks, she keeps rubbing Troi's head - very gently at first, but with growing confidence when the cow seems to like it. There's a little smile of wonder on her face at the reaction she gets.