How could I, when I have both of you here with me?
[She'd never leave either of them, not willingly. Which puts the powers that be that control this place into an even more terrifying bracket for her. What kind of power must they have, to be able to pull people in and send them away, then pull them back again?
She isn't sure that's a question she wants to figure out the answer to right away. Still, she keeps her smile soft and warm. Seeing him like this again, touching him this way, it makes her feel young again.
She's been through so much since his regeneration that she feels like an old woman sometimes. The Impossible Girl that's lived thousands of lives, each one more brave and reckless than the last.
Maybe this life here on the station will be her best yet.]
It just happened, shortly after we returned from Braccia.
[Her hand turns so they're touching palm to palm. And she slips her hold away from his cheek, so she can simply just hold his hand. For that brief second, it feels like her heartbeat aligns with his and everything's right in the universe once more.]
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[She answers honestly, without any hesitation.]
How could I, when I have both of you here with me?
[She'd never leave either of them, not willingly. Which puts the powers that be that control this place into an even more terrifying bracket for her. What kind of power must they have, to be able to pull people in and send them away, then pull them back again?
She isn't sure that's a question she wants to figure out the answer to right away. Still, she keeps her smile soft and warm. Seeing him like this again, touching him this way, it makes her feel young again.
She's been through so much since his regeneration that she feels like an old woman sometimes. The Impossible Girl that's lived thousands of lives, each one more brave and reckless than the last.
Maybe this life here on the station will be her best yet.]
It just happened, shortly after we returned from Braccia.
[Her hand turns so they're touching palm to palm. And she slips her hold away from his cheek, so she can simply just hold his hand. For that brief second, it feels like her heartbeat aligns with his and everything's right in the universe once more.]