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Oct 02, 2011 12:33

[Sarah Jane has been going through the network most of the morning, being in turns horrified, amused, worried. Mostly, though horrified. Not just at the content of the entries, but at her own lack of response to the majority of them.]If that's what the Animus are capable of, we need to work much harder to get ourselves out of here than we have ( Read more... )

checking on her people, mr smith i really need you, oh doctor, so not good

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[text//private//unhackable] haspaceteeth October 2 2011, 21:20:05 UTC

I'm afraid I'll be indisposed for a few days yet, Miss Sarah Jane.

[video//private//unhackable] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 00:45:18 UTC

Don't you 'Miss Sarah Jane' me, Doctor. We know each other too well for that. Talk to me. If you can't come and see me, fine, but talk to me.

[voice//private//unhackable] haspaceteeth October 3 2011, 01:04:12 UTC

[It takes a moment, but finally, the voice feed is clicking on, and the Doctor's letting out a very quiet, very tired chuckle.]

You always know just what to say, don't you?

[video//private//unhackable] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 01:11:28 UTC

[She is beyond relieved to hear his voice. She offers him a little smile.]

I don't know about that, but I always have something to say.

[Quieter, with a hint of remorse.]

Except for last week, when it mattered. I didn't care about anything last week. Nothing at all. I'm sorry.

[voice//private//unhackable] LJ USE MY ICONS DAMNIT haspaceteeth October 3 2011, 02:55:06 UTC

Oh, Sarah Jane. My Sarah Jane... you need to stop underestimating yourself.

[He's quiet for a long time, then, before humming in thought, still sounding impossibly tired.]

Apathy isn't the worst thing to come from the last week. Not... [...] There are worse things than staying quiet.

[video//private//unhackable] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 03:02:24 UTC

I couldn't help you, Doctor. I couldn't be there for you when you needed me. Because I couldn't make myself care about what was happening, not even to the people I love.

[Deep breath.]

I can guess the answer, but I have to ask. Are you all right? Physically, if nothing else.

[voice->video//private//unhackable] haspaceteeth October 3 2011, 04:42:27 UTC

That event changed people. Made us who we most fear to be. Took everything we were and completely reversed it. You always help, Sarah Jane. So of course the Animus would make it the other way last week. What matters is that you do care, now. Enough to contact us, to make amends. That's what matters, my dear Sarah Jane.

[The Doctor's forte. Saying things, but never actually taking them to heart. Not for himself, at least. But at Sarah's question, the video feed is finally flickering on, and the Doctor's turning his head slightly to the side, smile lopsided due to the slightly swollen, purpling patches on one side of his face.] A bit battered and bruised, but otherwise uninjured.

[Mentally, though? Emotionally? ... He isn't even going to go there.]

[video//private//unhackable] got2haveasmith October 3 2011, 23:28:32 UTC

And you? Are you taking your own advice?

[There is obvious relief at seeing him, but it's quickly replaced with concern.]

You look worse than when the pteranodon nearly carved out your eyes. We've got fresh running water here, thanks to the waterfall beneath the house. It's rather cool, also. Might be good for the swelling.

[Come and visit, Doctor.]

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