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[abitshort]

If Rose weren't so serious about this, Romana would laugh at that. Something stupid, indeed-- it'd be far more surprising if she learned that the Doctor makes well thought-out and competent choices in his future. Still, it must have been more than just a simple mistake to get the Time Lords collectively against him. Although Rassilon would hold a great deal of power and influence.

More than she first thought, if he was able to manipulate all of that. Even if Rose said it wasn't entirely him, it certainly seemed to come back to it. It's more complicated than anything, and Romana isn't going to pretend that she can puzzle it all out immediately, not with so many pieces missing. But she more than understands why Rose has to beat around the bush like this. Annoying as it is, some things she just isn't meant to discover, not at this point in time. She'll shelf them for now.

And she certainly plans on going back to this conversation in her own time, to work out... well, not exactly a timeline of events (that's far too complicated in and of itself), but a more solid picture of what's happened.

But she does understand that there was a great deal of unnecessary suffering involved for all parties.

Romana reaches out a hand and very briefly rests it on Rose's shoulder before withdrawing it. She's not given to be incredibly emotional, not when it's simply business as always for her, but she understands that no matter how acquainted a human is with the going-ons of Time Lords, it's never quite the same. She can't imagine how hard it must have been to handle all of that, and to be without the Doctor and uncertain of how to get back. She's very much beginning to appreciate how clever this Rose seems to be-- clever in the same way she is. The good way, not the Doctor's 51% grade at the Academy way.

When she speaks again, it's for the first time while Rose was talking. She hadn't felt it right to interrupt, and she'd been busy thinking, anyways.

"I'm very sorry. It isn't the first time an extraterrestrial has intervened with Earth's timeline, and it very likely won't be the last, but it was... cruel." She can't pretend to know the full details of what happens in the Doctor's future, but what she's heard is more than enough to fear for how he copes with it. The Doctor... isn't always fluent in emotions, but then, she isn't either in most cases. Perhaps that's why they'd initially gotten off on the wrong foot.

[bigbadrose]

If Rose was ever told about the Doctor's grades at the Academy, she would laugh too. None of her would have been all that surprised either. The amount of times that the Doctor actually seemed to know what was going on and what they were doing, Rose could probably count on one hand.

She beamed instantly at Romana's overture of friendship and hand on shoulder, even if the TimeLady had mostly learned from the Doctor how to act and react to things, she was already leagues better than even Fluffy who was prone to licking things and freaking humans out, or 9 who insulted all species when frustrated. Rose instantly ran with her instincts and decided that Romana was definitely a friend forever, no matter what the Doctors or Lady Me told her. -- Though it should be noted, Rose was not always the greatest judge of character, having picked up Jack as a conman, ran off with the Doctor himself, and felt sympathy for Davros and daleks and still wanted to befriend the Master.

She laughed at the comment, truly heartily giggling, and nodding her head enthusiastically. "That's an understatement!" SO MUCH GIGGLES. "First time the Doctor took me back home to my Mum? We wound up a year late, I argue, because the TARDIS knew we needed to stick around and gave us just enough time ta do it, but -- OH! Right!" Rose slapped herself in the forehead. "That's the other thing! Lady Me absolutely hates me! She--"

Oh wow, Rose was definitely sure the Doctor in the future had broken all sorts of TimeLord laws in bringing Lady Me back to life. Especially since his third life had been a forced regeneration and exiled to Earth on account of his 'meddling.' She chewed her bottom lip in thought, and winced. Might as well go for broke. If Romana was going to do something on account of it, she'd find out at some point, it was much too difficult to hide unlike the TimeWar. "That's the stupid thing the Doctor did." Rose giggled again and held up a finger, rolling her eyes, "Well, one of. His future self, beyond 10, made Lady Me immortal. I can't exactly read him the riot act over that though, because," Rose gestured feebly and wince, "I might'a done similar to Jack on accident. Which is where he got the idea."

She sucked in both lips, her expression as childish as to match any of the Doctor's. Even the 4th's most exaggerated reactions. "Don't ask," Rose laughed and shook her head, rubbing her forehead. "But Lady Me was with my Mum during the year I was missing and knows my ex-boyfriend, and about Jack, and sometimes I purposely needle her and call her by her given name which she hates." Rose held up both hands, "So she really hates me. That aside though..."

Another laugh. This is why Four and Rose couldn't run around Nautilus together without getting distracted by... everything. They spent all their time together joking and being ridiculous. Good luck Romana.

"So the Doctor's like, "'ere we go! Returned 12 hours later, safe and sound!" an' I go upstairs to my Mum's flat and I'm all, "I'm home! Spent the night at a friend's, no biggie!" and she breaks a dish and starts sobbing and crying, and he runs up right after me holding a Missing poster of my face, and he's like, "So sorry, 12 months not hours."" Rose grinned cheekily and shook her head. "So then my Mum is all freaked out, and thinks he's some sort of pervert from the internet." Be fair, first time meeting the Doctor, that's an easy impression to get. "And he's like "I am a real Doctor!" and she slapped him!" Rose practically roared with laughter. It still tickled her to no end.

She waved a hand. "So the reason the TARDIS -- least I think it's the TARDIS, not just his bad drivin' -- Didja knows there's a Manual for the TARDIS?! I was so mad!" A headshake, "Anyway, so I think she got us back so late an' put him and my Mum, an' Lady Me, and Mickey -- that's my ex-boyfriend, my Mom had him arrested and investigated for my murder four times that year--" If you got the impression that Rose and the Doctor together never shut up and kept babbling back and forth, you'd be very much correct, Romana. "Was because this family called the Slitheen were fakin' the first alien crash landin' ta Earth. They were going ta instigate World War Three and sell off the nuclear slag of Earth for cheap recession fuel. Later on, Blon Fel-Fotch from the family escaped and was gonna blow up the Earth from Cardiff to try to use a space surfboard to get out, and Jack stopped her, and that is how we all got to go to--" DEEP BREATH. "Raxacoricofalltrickle-down-economics." She had it once. She will get it again. Someday.