The discernment garden, in an odd way, is actually proving to be very helpful to Deanna, giving her an opportunity to focus on her other senses and strengthen them, now that her empathy is gone. It's soothing too, to walk through, watching, listening, running her fingers over soft silks and rippled wood. Perhaps unsurprisingly for someone who does more listening with her mind than her ears, she does poorly in the hearing section, but otherwise, she does well, better than she expected even.

So by the time she gets to the last installation, she's quite determined to solve it, approaching it like a puzzle. But when someone else enters, she breaks away to offer a polite hello and a smile. She's seen him around her barracks, so despite his dress, she assumes he's one of the so-called "exotics," like her.