"Never know how much you love your legs until you jump from one crane to another and realize your distance is a fair bit shorter," she said with a shake of her head and a roll of her eyes.
Thirteen frowned, tapping her chin. "Ummm....might have gotten married once or twice more? You know how it gets. But River is my only wife. The one I kept a ring for," she said. She actually needed to find it. She KNOWS it's in the TARDIS somewhere, she just has to find it.
"It was brilliant! You would be so proud of me, it was an actual time adventure where we just protected history instead of influencing it. Had to stop someone else from trying to mess it up. Feel bad for Graham, he kind of had to help maintain it in an unpleasant way, but Rosa was absolutely brilliant all on her own," she said.
"Do it before he starts regenerating. He gets kind of unpleasant a bit while transitioning," she said with a grimace. Really, what was he going on about, Time Lords didn't even have those gender stereotypes! Probably got all messed up with exposure to television or something.
But she grabs Rose's hand and runs with her. At least she can keep up with Rose, just a little more pumping of her legs.
Thirteen had a more of a fix of stuff in front of her. She had just kind of rattled off food items as they came to mind and ended up with a lot to try. Not that she's complaining. She's still figuring out what she likes. Beyond custard cream biscuits. Custard is a constant, she thinks. She's liked it several times now.
Her attention shifted between Rose, the food, and the guide on the phone she's gotten at some point. Was it Ryan's? Might have been Ryan's. Though she looked up at the list and then there's a disappointed look. "Oh, really? I so hoped you and River would get along, you have a lot in common. And a lot not. But she's brilliant and you're brilliant, though I guess maybe that's the problem."
She picked up a strawberry milkshakes, taking a long sip, looking it over thoughtfully before setting it down as she listened to Rose talk on. She beams a bit at the compliment. "About the only thing Yaz liked when I tried on outfits," she said. She wasn't usually one for delicate jewelry, but it had called to her. Plus it's handy to have a thin bit of metal sometimes.
"Well, we got a few things. First things first. Gallifrey?" She waved a hand in a so-so gesture. "Bit of a mixed bag. There's some good, some bad. Less likely to go on a Time War, so now it's a planet of people trying to live their lives. Did take the Confession Dial, didn't like that, but..." She shrugged. "It was an emotional horror show, but we're at a place where things can get BETTER and that's what matters."
"Next. Me? Ignore her. Bunch o' hogwash. She started brilliant, loved Ashildr, but she let go of that part and started rejecting it, and you've known me long enough haven't you? You know how right miserable I get when I start rejecting parts of myself and at least a Time Lord is built for dramatic changes. But then she got obsessed with me. She never looked at the brilliant world around her, never asked why the Doctor kept coming to Earth, just how to deal with all the Earth Dctor things. What she's got is control issues and anytime, anytime she tried to accurately manipulate me? Worked out worst for me and the people around me and she didn't get what she wanted either. When it comes to Me, be kind, don't be cruel, but if she can't be nice, you don't have to be nice back," she said, stealing one of Rose's chips and popping it in her mouth. "At this point, she has to want help to be helped."
"As for you and Ten and River and all that mess..." She hummed, taking a bite of a grilled cheese sandwich. "Okay. Listen. Listen," she said and reached over to Rose's hand. "I love you," she said with a fond smile. "And I love River. You both are important loves. Not the same, though some expression of that love is a little similar. You....you, Rose Tyler, you showed me light I needed again when I had lost it. And River? River showed me someone could be tied so completely with me and reach the end and...and beg to keep it. She was the one I could love after you, and the one who reminded me that I was someone worth loving. You are the one who showed me I could love life again. And River showed me I could like myself again," she said and lifted up Rose's hand, kissing the back of it. "I will love you to the end of my days. And I will love her. And you both being part of my life at the same time is something I'm gonna have to deal with because I have no idea how either of you deal with me being madly in love with someone, but we'll cross that bridge a bit later, yeah?"
"As for Ten not dealing, that face was always an emotional mess, and that's why I was always going la la la," she said, putting her hands over her ears. "As eleven, pretending things were fine. A right mess, I was. Still am, but like I know it's a mess," she lowered her hands. "He needs to face the future and the past, but like....hum. Okay, depends where he is, I think, he's all over. But. But but but. You are not responsible for his mind. You help, but it's not your fault if it goes wrong. Because he has to take responsibility too. I need more information for more helpful advice, sorry, way it goes. I can't even read my own mind sometimes," she said and shrugged.
"I don't know what you want forgiveness for. I don't think you could ever make me worse. I've seen worse. Me prompted a pretty big disaster of a Companion who did make me worse. Made me burn bright, but sometimes that fire got too bright and we started to burn things together. As long as there's not rampant breaking of laws of time and space, it's probably fine," she said with a shrug. "Also you listened a lot of amazing things you're gonna have to show me after I'm caught up to speed and we are DEFINITELY going to be lions in like two months, I want to be sure my legs are right, or I might end up with cat ears."
"As for my team? Oh, they're brilliant. New, but brilliant. Yaz is a police woman, but she wants fair over law. Always good in a police person. Graham is a right granddad, he is, very sensible, very quick to say 'nope, can't be that way,' but then he wants it to be that way because it sounds fun. Ryan seems like he's gonna be that kind who goes 'I'm going to do the thing' and then I'm like 'don't do the thing' and then he goes 'I'm doing it anyway' and then it goes wrong and I say 'I told you,' and then he learns. But he keeps trying, even when he's afraid of failing and I like that. Also people think Yaz is dating like everyone? So she might be a total babe, I can never tell, but she did say I was her friend when asked if we were dating, and I think that's a win," she said, absolutely preening. Less than a week and she's got one calling her friend!
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Thirteen frowned, tapping her chin. "Ummm....might have gotten married once or twice more? You know how it gets. But River is my only wife. The one I kept a ring for," she said. She actually needed to find it. She KNOWS it's in the TARDIS somewhere, she just has to find it.
"It was brilliant! You would be so proud of me, it was an actual time adventure where we just protected history instead of influencing it. Had to stop someone else from trying to mess it up. Feel bad for Graham, he kind of had to help maintain it in an unpleasant way, but Rosa was absolutely brilliant all on her own," she said.
"Do it before he starts regenerating. He gets kind of unpleasant a bit while transitioning," she said with a grimace. Really, what was he going on about, Time Lords didn't even have those gender stereotypes! Probably got all messed up with exposure to television or something.
But she grabs Rose's hand and runs with her. At least she can keep up with Rose, just a little more pumping of her legs.
Thirteen had a more of a fix of stuff in front of her. She had just kind of rattled off food items as they came to mind and ended up with a lot to try. Not that she's complaining. She's still figuring out what she likes. Beyond custard cream biscuits. Custard is a constant, she thinks. She's liked it several times now.
Her attention shifted between Rose, the food, and the guide on the phone she's gotten at some point. Was it Ryan's? Might have been Ryan's. Though she looked up at the list and then there's a disappointed look. "Oh, really? I so hoped you and River would get along, you have a lot in common. And a lot not. But she's brilliant and you're brilliant, though I guess maybe that's the problem."
She picked up a strawberry milkshakes, taking a long sip, looking it over thoughtfully before setting it down as she listened to Rose talk on. She beams a bit at the compliment. "About the only thing Yaz liked when I tried on outfits," she said. She wasn't usually one for delicate jewelry, but it had called to her. Plus it's handy to have a thin bit of metal sometimes.
"Well, we got a few things. First things first. Gallifrey?" She waved a hand in a so-so gesture. "Bit of a mixed bag. There's some good, some bad. Less likely to go on a Time War, so now it's a planet of people trying to live their lives. Did take the Confession Dial, didn't like that, but..." She shrugged. "It was an emotional horror show, but we're at a place where things can get BETTER and that's what matters."
"Next. Me? Ignore her. Bunch o' hogwash. She started brilliant, loved Ashildr, but she let go of that part and started rejecting it, and you've known me long enough haven't you? You know how right miserable I get when I start rejecting parts of myself and at least a Time Lord is built for dramatic changes. But then she got obsessed with me. She never looked at the brilliant world around her, never asked why the Doctor kept coming to Earth, just how to deal with all the Earth Dctor things. What she's got is control issues and anytime, anytime she tried to accurately manipulate me? Worked out worst for me and the people around me and she didn't get what she wanted either. When it comes to Me, be kind, don't be cruel, but if she can't be nice, you don't have to be nice back," she said, stealing one of Rose's chips and popping it in her mouth. "At this point, she has to want help to be helped."
"As for you and Ten and River and all that mess..." She hummed, taking a bite of a grilled cheese sandwich. "Okay. Listen. Listen," she said and reached over to Rose's hand. "I love you," she said with a fond smile. "And I love River. You both are important loves. Not the same, though some expression of that love is a little similar. You....you, Rose Tyler, you showed me light I needed again when I had lost it. And River? River showed me someone could be tied so completely with me and reach the end and...and beg to keep it. She was the one I could love after you, and the one who reminded me that I was someone worth loving. You are the one who showed me I could love life again. And River showed me I could like myself again," she said and lifted up Rose's hand, kissing the back of it. "I will love you to the end of my days. And I will love her. And you both being part of my life at the same time is something I'm gonna have to deal with because I have no idea how either of you deal with me being madly in love with someone, but we'll cross that bridge a bit later, yeah?"
"As for Ten not dealing, that face was always an emotional mess, and that's why I was always going la la la," she said, putting her hands over her ears. "As eleven, pretending things were fine. A right mess, I was. Still am, but like I know it's a mess," she lowered her hands. "He needs to face the future and the past, but like....hum. Okay, depends where he is, I think, he's all over. But. But but but. You are not responsible for his mind. You help, but it's not your fault if it goes wrong. Because he has to take responsibility too. I need more information for more helpful advice, sorry, way it goes. I can't even read my own mind sometimes," she said and shrugged.
"I don't know what you want forgiveness for. I don't think you could ever make me worse. I've seen worse. Me prompted a pretty big disaster of a Companion who did make me worse. Made me burn bright, but sometimes that fire got too bright and we started to burn things together. As long as there's not rampant breaking of laws of time and space, it's probably fine," she said with a shrug. "Also you listened a lot of amazing things you're gonna have to show me after I'm caught up to speed and we are DEFINITELY going to be lions in like two months, I want to be sure my legs are right, or I might end up with cat ears."
"As for my team? Oh, they're brilliant. New, but brilliant. Yaz is a police woman, but she wants fair over law. Always good in a police person. Graham is a right granddad, he is, very sensible, very quick to say 'nope, can't be that way,' but then he wants it to be that way because it sounds fun. Ryan seems like he's gonna be that kind who goes 'I'm going to do the thing' and then I'm like 'don't do the thing' and then he goes 'I'm doing it anyway' and then it goes wrong and I say 'I told you,' and then he learns. But he keeps trying, even when he's afraid of failing and I like that. Also people think Yaz is dating like everyone? So she might be a total babe, I can never tell, but she did say I was her friend when asked if we were dating, and I think that's a win," she said, absolutely preening. Less than a week and she's got one calling her friend!