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Not always.

[There was only one man she would ever think of sacrificing herself for.. no one else even got that much considerations, save her parents.

However, Rose's question made River laugh. Which time? She thought about it for a moment.]

The first time I met him, I tried to kill Hitler.

[Or, at least, that's when this version of her first met him. Now the question was, when did he first meet her? That's something she doubted Rose would think to ask.]

[Nope, Rose asks different questions, she's not Bill.] What, really? Some sort of spy mission thing? When you say tried, you mean he stopped ya? Didja ever meet Captain Jack Harkness?

Which version of the Doctor was it? The bowtie, right? [She doesn't think to mention the one with the recorder, having now been able to fit him as "2."]

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[Well wasn't she full of questions. River admitted, it was funny that she was being so inquisitive when there was only so much she could tell her.]

Not in the slightest. He had a time machine, I had a gun and thought, 'What the hell, why not'. As for stopping me, yes and no.

As for Jack, well, I've definitely heard of him.

[She smirks a little. Get the two of them in a room together and there would be some seriously entertaining flirting.]

Yes, the one with the bow tie and I swear if he's still trying to pull of a fez, I will gladly shoot it off his head.

What, why? Fezes are fun!

[Pauses....]

[And dons a fez herself.]

Abu wears a fez. Maybe the Doctor just wanted to blend in with the apes better.

Wait. You had a gun, and you want to shoot it off him... are you joking with all that? Because he kept replacing Jack's guns with bananas. And Jack's not even really American, he's from the future. And the biggest thing Ten fights with Papa Dirk about is the guns thing. And the only time he yelled at me was because durin' a storm I was playing with a toy laser tag gun.

You didn't try to trick him with the Hitler thing, did you? Because I didn't go with him just for that, for the time travelin', but the minute he thought I did--

You really would get used to him yellin' at you then, yeah... Wow. [SIDE EYES SLIGHTLY. MIGHT BE PINGING FOUR WITH A "DANGEROUS WOMAN YOUR FUTURE WIFE IS PROBABLY BEST LEFT TO YOUR FUTURE AND NOT EVEN ME."]

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[River just smiles and raises an eyebrow. Rose has no idea how accurate that 'dangerous woman' ping is. ]

Of course I had a gun. I always carry a gun and trust me, he gets used to it after awhile.

[Though, he did replace her gun with a banana once..why do you think Hitler lived through their encounter.]

Besides, He enjoys the fact that I'm just as dangerous as he is. Or, he will. And I'm not joking about shooting it off his head. I've already shot a Stetson off, a fez would be just as easy and equally hard to miss.

[Especially for someone who is such a crack shot like she is.]

As for the Hitler thing, well. Lets just say it was a very eventful trip and he didn't have a choice at the time. I can be very persuasive.

I don't think so.

[Nope. Nope nope nope nope.]

[ALSO CONGRATULATIONS RIVER. You've managed to do what the Doctor couldn't: gotten Rose to swear off guns too. All those private lessons with Dirk? She will genuinely stop. Just to be arbitrary.]

[And "principled."]

How'd you persuade him? [Arches both eyebrows, because no matter what River might try to insinuate, Rose knows the Doctor -- enough to know it applies to ALL versions of him -- to know that trying to use sexuality on him is about as productive as flirting with a brick wall sometimes.]

[If nothing else, even when all you WANT is sexual attention, he STILL doesn't get it, so he's not going to go do other things on that behalf. Not even the most 180 from meeting Rose alternate universe totally version would either.]

Trust me, he does.

[Oh you sweet summer child, River has her ways and most of them are very, very underhanded. But, they work and that's all that matters considering he almost always comes when she calls whether he wants to or not.]

Spoilers.

Like I said, I have my ways.

[Besides, she wouldn't say flirting doesn't work on him. It just has to be the right kind of flirting mixed with a mystery.]

No. He wouldn't.

There've been other gun users before you.

[Rose doesn't need to call on him, she goes to him.]

I know.

[That was the difference between them. River never went to him, she called him to her in ways he could never resist.]

[Just snorts quietly and glances away.] Of course you do.

[Rose isn't that patient. Especially given how the Doctor was pretty bad with timing and missed a year, she wouldn't trust him to find his way out of a paperbag even with Rose holding his hand the whole way.]

[River just smirks. She doesn't need to defend herself against Rose or anyone else for that matter.]

Rose, I'm going to guess you're feeling pretty threatened by the fact that his future wife just waltzed back into his life.

However, I want you to think about a few things. First, he hasn't met me yet. Or, at least he doesn't remember meeting me. So, from his perspective, we aren't a thing yet.

And Second? The man I love is what he will become. Though, I will admit, teasing his younger selves is always fun.

[Her eyes flicker up and she interrupts after the first part--] No, not really I--

[But she clicks shut quietly to let River finish, even if Rose's desperate need for face masks is coming back to haunt her and she briefly envies V for knowing the usefulness in being Guy Fawkes.]

You... [Scrunches her eyebrows to a point of confusion.] Only love who he'll become?

[Squints and shakes her head, completely confused.] That doesn't even--

[Runs a hand back through her hair, and puffs a bit, blowing bangs and front leaning hair strands away.]

Why?

What changes after me that he's someone you could love and not before? [Cautious, very cautious.]

[Because if anything, she's more scared... what the Doctor becomes. Is it something even Rose couldn't recognize?]

[The ping to 4 becomes a bit more insistent, albeit calm. {Just avoid her I think.} Which meant Four wouldn't avoid her, probably. But then after the initial meeting, would have clear enough warning, and could decide for himself why or why not to.]

[River chuckles.]

Yes and no, I love him all, completely and utterly. Every version, every face. However, I also understand that there were times before me and people he loved before I was even born.

The version I married, that is the one where he knows me and loves me and I accept that. When you love the Doctor, you must be ready for those moments when you look into his eyes and he doesn't recognize you...but, the moments he does...those are the ones worth living for.

[River shook her head slightly, though still smiling.]

What did he become after you Rose? A mad man in a box, like he's always been and one that depends heavily on the people he loves to keep him grounded.

[The first part she just watches. Eyes saying everything that she's not about to touch on.]

[She can't imagine looking at him and him not recognizing her.]

[She nearly killed him when he just was confused about her being ahead of him, and needed space. And overwhelmed 8 and nearly killed him then too when he tried to scare her. Or maybe he wasn't trying to scare her, just scared himself, but he was still infuriating and frustrating and stupid.]

[And the last part, she laughs.] He's always been a madman in a box, I didn't change that. You should meet Four. He's completely cracked.

But... [A soft sad smile.] I'm glad. That he relies on people. That is something that always worried me. [Glances away, because she doesn't like to think about Lady Me and that version and....]

Jack... I don't know if you know... about him, about what happened to him. [Shakes her head.] But Lady Me. That's something that worries me about her with him. She seems so convinced that pushing him away from others would help, and the Doctor I know... is in great danger of losing himself if he even tries.

I know. I've met all of his past selves, just never in order.

[And not that they could remember her either.Besides, if Rose can't handle something like that, then she was in for a very rude awakening one day. That, and she's not the only woman to love him and try to kill him.

River tended to corner the market on that particular trope.]

Rose, I've traveled with him more than anyone else and trust me, there is nothing about him you can tell me that I don't already know.

[A truth as far as she was concerned.]

As for Lady Me, she means well in her own strange way. But, I have a feeling that when we meet up again, there will be words that need to be had.

The Doctor will always need someone at his side to keep him from doing something stupid. And, sometimes, we have to do what he shouldn't do to keep him from becoming something he regrets.

All of them?

[She just narrows her eyes at that assertion. She has no inclination TO tell River anything, but at the idea that River knew him better than Rose did... Rose says nothing. It's what Lady Me said, and Rose didn't care. Rose's problem wasn't even wanting to know him better than anyone else. She just wanted to be with him.]

[Forever.]

I know she does... [Annoyed growl.] And I'm well aware she thinks she needs to protect him from me, but that's a fool's errand if there ever was one, because puttin' him up on some dumb-arse pedestal won't save him from anythin' least of all, 'imself. 'Specially not when he gets fed up and jumps into danger rather than let someone else protect him. [Throws her hands up in exasperation.] Not that he's got any room to talk, because he's the idiot who went and decided to revive her against her whatever her wishes would'a been anyway!

[Lady Me is a good way to get Rose into a fighting mood....]

Yes, all of them.

[She just smiled as she watched Rose. There was anger and fight there, and love for The Doctor. That was easily seen. But, she'd also venture that there is quite a bit of insecurity as well.

River had a feeling that this was going to be an interesting adventure in the strangest of ways once they all met up.]

Like I said, sometimes traveling with the Doctor means you have to do the things he can't... or shouldn't.

Sticking him up on a pedestal isn't good for anyone.

It'll just make him dodgy.

Well, more than usual.

Dodgier.

And no one needs a dodgy Doctor. That's like one of those needle clinic places that you can't even trust to sterilize tattoo needles or the like.

You would be surprised how he gets in his old age. Besides, I never said you needed to stick him on a pedestal.

[More smirking.]

Oh I don't know, keeping him in the dark is fun. After all, he does enjoy a good mystery.

[JUST.... Facepalms and pinches between her eyes.] Okay, got it. You're all kinds of dodgy yourself, yeah?

[It fits.]

[She is so keeping Four away from River though once he's made up his mind on it.]

You could say that.

[River shifts the helmet of her suit from one arm to the other.]

Lets just say, I'm exactly what he needed and leave it at that. Anything else and I'd have to say Spoilers.

[Eyes narrow.] You know that, then? What he needed?

[There was definitely humor in her smirk now, a lot of it.]

Spoilers.

Great. Now I'm beginning to understand why Lady Me doesn't avoid spoilers. Even when we wish she would.

[Lets just say that Rose might be hearing a lot of that word in the near future. ]

Oh? And why is that?

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