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"Yes. The body's good, plannings brilliant, but the who? Still working on that. It was a reallly rough regeneration. Went on an adventure with my first face though," she said, waving a hand over her face. "Got a few things. Feel like laughing more and maybe a bit socially awkward?"

"One of the best nights of my life," she said, the manic smile turning more warm and fond, letting River take her hand. Though it turns more sad at the mention of the library. She laces their fingers together and brings up their hands, kissing the back of hers. "I have missed you. Wasn't sure if we'd do a few more hop arounds, you have the best poker face in the universe, I think."

"Its what now? Is THAT why everything feels wrong? I thought I was having a regeneration relapse," she said, pursing her lips. "How many mes we talking?"

Somehow the socially awkward didn't surprise her much considering Eleven tended to be that way a bit. It made for interesting times and River loved every second of it. "Sounds like you have a few new stories to tell me."

River's smile warmed up, happy that The Doctor still considered their night together to be one of the best. She definitely thought so and cherished those memories more than most and understood when The Doctor's smile turned sad at the mentioning of the library. It...Well. Something just could never be changed.She gave that delicate hand laced with her a gentle squeeze as she moved a little closer. "I have to, especially being married to you."

Which was very true considering. But here? Perhaps she didn't have to have such a poker face anymore with her wife. "If we have more hop arounds, I don't remember them yet. This place is strange like that. Took me right from before the library and when I went back, I lived through it and couldn't change a thing. Not that I would but..Well." She shrugged slightly.

"And this definitely isn't a regeneration relapse. I can't feel it either and neither can the others here. As for your faces... well." She smirked slightly "I have quite the fondness for your third face, your fourth is more than a little interesting if strange."

And she's not done yet. "You're Eighth face is a little spacey but quite the romantic, your Ninth has quite the chip on his shoulder and your Tenth face is a mess." There's no love mentioning Ten. River's still debating on whether or not she wants to divorce that one or patch things up. "So in total, there's five of you, not including your current face of course."

"Oh, definitely. I got to have a few adventures with Missy. The Master. Where she wasn't trying to kill everyone. Its a bit of a long one, but...for a bit, I had my friend," she said, voice hushed. Happy and pained, but it was something. It was Something.

"I am awful good at seeing through them. And you were really good at beating me, can't believe it took me so long to figure out who you were. Kind of obvious in hindsight. Surprise....flings? Flings sound bad. Short romances? They were never so good at reading my eyes as you were and you were too fond to not have romance in there," she said, running her thumb over River's knuckles. "Only a few get that good."

"Suppose I'll have to wait and see. It'd be nice. Always love a hello again. And I think you'd like my new friends. Graham actually reminds me a bit of your granddad, sensible fella," she said.

She whistles at that. "That is a lot of me. No one time is broken, it'd have to be to take that much at once. Only time that many was connected us when we were messing with time and space on purpose and that was like five minutes," she said, scratching the top of her head with her free hand. "All over the place too. Usually its the nearest ones."

"Sorry about Ten. I was kind of an over emotional mess. And very in love, got told off once for having blinder issues," she said with a sheepish look. "Less willing to let people in that deep, but I do learn. Important that, learning to love that deep again."

Speaking of The Master, River looked rather amused at the thought of The Master being a woman and kind of wanted to see that for herself. She leaned in to brush a stray strand of hair out of The Doctor's face with a faint smirk. "Then you'll be glad to know he's here, though I'm still not quite sure what time point he's from.. something about Mondas?"

Hopefully that made a little more sense to her than it did River. Besides, she was rather pleased with her usual poker face. Especially with it fooling The Doctor every single time. "Personally, I found you taking so long to be quite entertaining. True there were frustrating moments but, for the most part I was happy to be your personal mystery until it was the right time. Besides, none of the others love you just as much as I do. Though, I'm still miffed about a few of them." She was teasing of course.

That had been resolved a while ago. Mostly. Okay, perhaps she wasn't lying when it came to Rose. But then again... Well. Things have happened to color her view in that regard.

"Well, hopefully I'll get to say hello again and meet them. Besides, it might give me an excuse to pop over and see my granddad at some point. Though, the age thing might be a little hard to explain." She shrugged a little before gently tugging on her wife's hand and taking a step. Perhaps a little stroll was in order.

"Five yous, one me, The Master, Lade Me...And who else? Ah yes, Rose. It's a wonder none of us have destroyed this place yet." Was she leading the way from the junkyard? Perhaps a bit.

"I've kind of figured that. We've had more than a few blow ups since I arrived and he's married to Rose now." She glances to her and notes the sheepish look. "You better apologize, blinders and emotional mess aside, your Tenth self and I clash horribly. I'm glad you learned since then or how would our marriage even work?"

River smiles slightly. "But, I'm glad your here, Sweetie. I guess I get the fun of learning everything about you all over again."

"Mondas," she said and frowned. She sighed, catching River's hand and pressing it close to her cheek, kissing her palm. "Mondas is where I died. Don't tell him if he doesn't know. He'll figure it out. Its not...its not a good day, but people survive. At least a while. Nardole was keeping an eye on them, and considering he managed to keep up with me, it's a while enough," she said. "He's the absolute worst influence on himself. I was kind of hoping he'd be a good one too." She was sure for a moment, sure that Missy would come back.

"It was pretty entertaining. I kept giving you so, so, SO many hints when you didn't know me. I thought I'd have to make a sign. What I get for interrupting you on a mission, I guess," she said. Really, she said why the TARDIS couldn't move, how much more obvious could she get?

Thirteen gives her a sheepish look and then pulls her into a hug, spinning them around a moment. "I lived a long time and I've loved a lot. Some names are hard to remember, some faces start to fade. But there's a few names, a few faces, where I know they'll be there, even when I finally have to stop. I know I'll be humming a song when that day comes, even loving people fiercely in the past and possibly the future," she said, a hand moving to her cheek and kissing her briefly. "Don't forget that, sweetie. I may have stopped running when there countless lives to save or I had no real choice, but I chose to have twenty-four years with you."

Twenty-four years makes it easier to say. And the words want to come out more. Too often she's kept silent and had to live with that regret. And River helped, she's sure of it. Helped make it easier to breathe this time around and she never wanted River to think those thoughts again. That she wasn't loved. The Doctor may not always be good at making that clear, but that didn't mean she couldn't try.

"I'm sure Brian will adjust. Did anyone ever tell you he's been on a few adventures with us? It's what started his traveling? Or did he travel before...? No, no, he was definitely Rory's dad and Rory had to adjust, so he DIDN'T like to travel, and then he flew a spaceship, and decided he'd try it out," she said, nodding her head. She was pretty sure anyway.

Thirteen whistled and followed along. "Honestly, the Master and one me can go real bad, let alone all the rest. This place is pretty tough," she said, squeezing her hand. "Not excite for Lady Me, but maybe this place can take her eternal life crisis. Rose though....oh. Huh. Hm. You know, I've seen you snog other people, but I don't remember you around me when I'm attracted to someone. Closest was when Amy had a thing for me, and honestly, that is REALLY WEIRD in retrospect." Even for her. At least it had been a one way street, or that'd be even worse.

"Honestly nine through eleven was a whole mess. Was starting to even out a bit more at Twelve, or maybe it just seems like that because I ran into Missy a lot? She throws off my whole scale," she said, waving a hand in the air. "But you love so, so much and knew a whole lot more, and I was having some control issues as Ten, you would be terrifying without enough of that 'I want to kiss the brilliant face' to counter it," she said, patting River's hand. "Sorry. I hope he didn't get too mean."

"Won't it though? And I get to join you on that, I still haven't even figured out what I like to eat beyond custard cream biscuits, but the TARDIS gave me that, so that's just cheating on the discovery part," she said.

"Not surprised that Nardole could keep up with you. He kept up with me perfectly fine and was one of my better assistants. Plus he knew how to lighten the mood." What could she say? River remembered Nardole fondly and was happy to know that The Doctor went back for him. Though the moment her hand was against her wife's cheek, she just paused and smiled.

Just listening and watching her made River's hearts flutter in a way most could never dream to make them do. Well, besides The Doctor and KG. "To be fair, I didn't know you had gotten more regenerations so how was I to know you'd have a new face?" Now it was River's turn to look a little sheepish, something rather rare for her to be but then again, her wife was quite the woman to draw that out of her.

And to be reminded of those wonderful twenty-four years? River couldn't stop herself from smiling or kissing Thirteen back and then briefly press her forehead against hers before they pulled apart a bit. If she was working on making River feel loved, it was working considering how often 10 made her feel...Well. Unloved was putting it mildly.

"How can I forget?" Best twenty-four years of her life. As for her granddad. "Mom and Dad mentioned he'd started traveling the few times I popped in before.. Well." She hated mentioning what happened. Loosing them still hurt even all this time later.They had been her parents after all...

"They just never mentioned why he started traveling. So, if he really did all that then a little age gap shouldn't boggle his mind too much. If I ever get back to Earth I'll have to pop in for a bit of tea and a chat. I'm sure he'd love that." If...River knew it wouldn't happen. Not with some of the last things she remembered before ending up back here after the last trip through the gate.

"I know. Though The Master and I seem to be getting along so far. It helps we have Ten's idiocy to commiserate over." Hours long bitching sessions with loads of wine? Definitely. "I wasn't excited to see Lady Me again, either. She's still going on about trying to fix things back home no matter how many times I try to explain to her that it won't work." As for Rose though? River went silent for a moment.

"Mum always liked the awkward types. Look at Dad, though he does look good in a Roman uniform. But, that doesn't count. Amy will always be Amy and what can I say? I inherited a bit of her likes in spouses." She smirked a little and squeezed Thirteen's hand. "...And it's different with Rose. Half the time I can't decide if I want to be friends with her or strangle her for talking too much." Or slap her. Or slap Ten.

Besides, she can definitely see where nine through eleven were a mess. Especially nine and ten after having met them. "Personally, I thought Eleven and Twelve were sexy and brilliant. But, I might also be a little biased." Only a little and she could see where Missy might throw things off, especially if she was anything like her previous incarnation. "Oh I know how terrifying I can be, Sweetie. If you ever get a chance to look me up, you'd see I have quite the reputation."

Regardless..."Sweetie, on more than one occasion he's insisted he would never marry someone like me." As neutral as her voice sounded, the underlying emotions were more of a raging stormy river of mixed emotions. To say Ten's been 'mean' may be an understatement. There were reasons why they've been on one hell of a rocky path since she arrived.

"But, At least you're here now. And there's so much to show you and I can't wait to take you to Angel's Run and everything else. It'll be fine learning with you for once."

"Not sure if I'd say it was lightening the mood, but he was pretty good at keeping me in line. For a while," she said. And really, anyone who gets the Doctor to do ANYTHING for a while is impressive.

"That's fair. I was surprised myself. Almost didn't have this face either, but..." She shrugged her shoulders. "I thought after all of everything, it wouldn't be so bad to give it one last go around. All the big mysteries solved, most of the big hurts with an end. What waits after all that? It couldn't hurt more than I'm ready for to see, at least," she said, gently touching River's cheek. River, Gallifrey, Companion after Companion. Missy.

She wonders if she escaped. But she had been so close. So close and maybe, this last go around, perhaps she would find her friend for that last little bit.

If River could. If she was at the Library....it probably wouldn't happen. She should probably stop by and see Brian. He is technically family. At the very least tell him he was right. About what happens about Companions. But sometimes...sometimes it's not the worst way to go.

At least they had each other. "Rory and his father were big surprises. Easy to see Amy would love an adventure, but they both really got into it despite their doubts."

"I am both terrified and delighted you two are getting along. It makes sense. We got a lot of similarities, one real big difference, and you're a kind of happy medium. I think you'd mind the occasional poison and dagger less even," she said. Who knows. Maybe River would be a good influence. Off in that moral gray to real dark gray, but still with a heart that can love so much. "Lady Me always thought she had more control than she did. Honestly, there's nothing to fix. It's just....what it is."

"Like mother like daughter. You two did always get along so well even before the family stuff," she said, lifting up River's hand, looking how their hands look together now. It's so different. Her hand is so small, but River's is still so warm. "She's a force of nature. Much like you. If it helps....Rose is why I became the man...person? The Doctor you love. She helped me see the light of the universe when I desperately needed it. And you helped me see the light in....in just being happy. Not happy as in running away or distraction or denial. Just. Pure joy. If I had to guess, I'd say you two make up a good eighty percent to whatever person I'm shaping up to be this time around."

"Oh, definitely sexy and brilliant, but I was a messy one. I think I always am. Keeps everyone on their toes," she said. "And you're very biased, but that's part of why I love you."

Though at saying what Ten said, Thirteen jerked back in shock. Then she scowled, a look of outrage on her face. "Oh! How dare he! Even if he thought it, you don't SAY that, especially when we know how the timeline gets! Like, I know. I know you've done things I wouldn't approve of, I know, but there's a lot of people who do things I don't approve of, but what matters, what matters is you have such a good heart. You have a kind heart that you kept safe despite all the things that were done to you and you did that weren't kind and he just..." She has actually let go of River's hand, kind of zig zagging hands thrown up in the air. "You love so much and-and he just..."

Thirteen turned to River, a fire in her eyes, and she pulls River into her arms, spins on the spot, and dips her for a passionate kiss because on one hand, she wants to slap Ten because that is a lot of hurt to someone she loves. On the other hand, the person she loves is here, and she's going to make sure she knows that.

Anything else River would have said was quickly swept away and forgotten when she was pulled into Thirteen's arms and dipped for one hell of a passionate kiss. One River had no problem responding and kissing her back just as passionately.

Once the kiss broke, River was flushed and grinning as they righted themselves. Heaven's how she's missed her Doctor. The one that knew her and knew just how much she loved her. The one that understood.

"You're still brilliant and sexy as ever, no matter what the face." She's already pulling Thirteen in for another kiss, this one a little slower but no less passionate. Once it broke, she was still smiling and breathless, but oh so happy. "I think... your younger selves have a lot to learn from you if you're planning sticking around here, Sweetie. "

Thirteen responds to the slower kiss. And she's glad. It's always a bit of a die roll, regeneration, and how she responds to things, especially physical things, but she's glad that this affection with River still makes the same warm feelings as before. She does need to get used to the angle, but, well, she was always a little awkward anyway.

"I have learned all the things they're gonna learn. Amazing how that works out," she said, keeping her arms wrapped around River. "And I think so? It sounds like time doesn't work the same, so I can probably go back without them having missed me, yeah? And this place seems fascinating and the company's not bad either."

Her smile became gentler, her hand moving up to River's cheek. "I know you're brilliant. You're so, so amazing and so very capable." But she still remembers. Remembers the words that had stabbed at her hearts. "If you ever start to doubt how much I love you, let me remind you, okay? Don't get that silly idea stuck in your head." A quiet whisper, an intimate plea.

"You're right, it doesn't work the same. When you go through the gates, you can go back to the point you left and then come back if you want." River might have a little experience with this.

"Honestly, I'm rather glad to be back here after..." River didn't have to explain. Not with her final destination on both their minds.

"Good because a few of them need to learn a few, especially Ten. I think he might finally be coming around but, still not happy with him." Admittedly, River didn't think she ever would be.

But when she sees that smile.. Does her anger at Ten really matter? Just having this amazing woman in front of her, reminding her just how much River's loved by her.."Then.. I think I might need a few reminders every once in awhile."

The intimate plea didn't escape her as she nods slightly. She'd try. "I think... I know by now that it's very possible for a sunset to love me back."

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