[ eh, close enough. that's what she was getting at. ]
He has an emotion chip. It's part of his programming now and it allows him to experience emotions like anyone else does. But for something like this he'll have turned it off.
[ which means guess who gets to work him through the flood of emotions when he turns it back on again. ]
He will still be Data, just not as emotional as you may be used to.
[ just as a heads up, kitty. he's still data and always will be. he's just slightly different with it off. ]