[ Actually what he gets out of that is people have superpowers, and that startles him somewhat. He's seen very similar things, aliens with certain abilities--or with exceptional ones in some cases, but he can't imagine that Q would ever be stuck in a trap like this.
Still, it makes him think of Deanna's problem with her empathic abilities, reassures him that it might only be temporary. ]
That's very useful to know, thank you. I assume, given the nature of my companions, that the attempts have had technological as well as physical origins?