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[thedoctorwho]

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[ostro_goth]

There is a Goth nearby, with a mug of tea in his hands. No armour, this time, no axe; no blade at all except the small knife on his belt, and that is tool and implement more than weapon.

He recognises the Doctor that had explained to him about the time loop, and the nature of this place, and greets him with a polite nod.

[thedoctorwho]

The Doctor returns the nod, after the initial startlement fades away. "Hello again. Been a while."

[ostro_goth]

"It has," Teja says. "I was but newly arrived, and you explained to me what truly happened behind that window."

[thedoctorwho]

"Ah, yes. Right right. Things been well with you since?"

[ostro_goth]

"Astonishingly so, yes," Teja says.

[thedoctorwho]

He grins. "Glad to hear it. This place can have that effect."

[ostro_goth]

"It is, all in all, an astonishing place, and any man's philosophy will be bent oddly out of shape by it," Teja says. "It is, for one thing, full of deities."

[thedoctorwho]

"Deities, magic, anthropomorphic personifications, and the walking dead. Enough to throw any scientifically-minded person into a tizzy," he agrees with a nod.

[ostro_goth]

"The fact that I am the walking dead," Teja says, "is not helping, under those auspices."

[thedoctorwho]

"Fair enough," the Doctor says. "But you definitely seem to be adjusting well."

[ostro_goth]

"I am, indeed," Teja says. "My philosophy is more expandable than I would have thought, at first."

[thedoctorwho]

He grins.

"More things in heaven and earth. And that's just for starters."

[ostro_goth]

"What comes next?" Teja asks.

This man has much more experience than he has, being a time-traveller.-

[thedoctorwho]

The Doctor sighs. "I wish I knew."

[ostro_goth]

"So all I may expect is: - things will be even more unexpected than I expected?" Teja asks, somewhat amused.

[thedoctorwho]

"It was an Earth biologist, J.B.S. Haldane, who said 'My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.' And that was without even meeting me."