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[stillherown]

[ Within this dream it all starts with a corridor. While dimly lit it isn't impossible for one to make there way through it. It branches off to other hallways and paths, all in which are sporadically interrupted by openings in the wall. Each opening displayed something different: different views of a world that were just inches away from where they

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[thatoldthatkind]

Telling me why Romanadvoratrelundar is down and seemingly out of her luck, it'd be a marvelous start. Then we'll go from there. What do you say, Romana?

[ The Doctor is sitting in a chair he just happened to make, legs crossed, smiling at her. ]

[stillherown]

[ It wasn't until she had been seated in a chair of her own across from him, hands clasped together over her knee did she respond. ] It's been a bit of a long few days, that's all.

[thatoldthatkind]

[ He nods, understanding---no he doesn't understand. The Doctor didn't keep too close of tabs on what Romana was doing on Gallifrey. Silly old (young?) him, dashing around the universe. He makes a motion with his wrist for her to continue. ]

[stillherown]

[ A soft sigh escaped her as she leaned back in her chair. ]

Between discovering that this Gallifrey was one where our people sold their very lives as means of currency to-- [ There was a pause, clearly unsure on how to even word just how strange it was to see herself in a world with a family, before she merely shrugged her shoulders and skipped that over. ] --to seeing the High Council become so corrupted, even by the usual standards we're used to... it was something of an experience.

[thatoldthatkind]

Ahh.

[ The Doctor falls silent, picking at his pants. Romana hasn't seen anything yet. As the Time War rages on, they get worse and worse, until they decide to forsake all of creation and time just to ascend themselves. He's still sure that Romana doesn't survive the war, which makes their meetings even more bittersweet. ]

Have you decided what to do?

[stillherown]

[ The younger Time Lord waved her hand in the direction of the other portals. It wasn't so much of her reaction being that of one in defeat, but her attempts to sound optimistic were rather weak. ]

The only thing we can do is move on and try again. Find another Gallifrey and see if we can find a cure for the Dogma Virus.

[ There really wasn't much else when it came to options. The only other path available to her was to find a world that she and the rest could call home should finding that cure be impossible. ]

We keep moving.

[thatoldthatkind]

I find that is the best option. Moving onward! Don't look back.

[ Even if he knows it won't work. ]

[stillherown]

[ What he said just then made her lapse into silence for a moment. ]

But is it because a person doesn't want to look back and see their mistakes?

[thatoldthatkind]

[ ...The Doctor's shoulders fall at that. Oh, Romana. Why do you have to be so good at--knowing him? ]

[stillherown]

[ Because she is. ]

You and I have made many mistakes in the past.

[thatoldthatkind]

We don't seem to be able to turn many of them around, do we?

[stillherown]

No, no we aren't.