[like the TARDIS, he is very unhappy, but unlike her, he's going to voice his opinion on the matter once he's heard everything they have to say.]Hyperstring technology and pocket universes?! And here I thought you humans were only stupid enough to mess with Time Technology before your time but you were experimenting with that as well?! You're lucky this was all that happened! You can't simply go about punching holes into different dimensions all willy-nilly! The walls between our universes loosened because of what you did and it'll take some time for them to heal
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[Anand looks very taken aback by the outburst from a complete stranger, but after a few seconds, Chandra is downright furious, leaping to her feet to jab a finger at the Sphere] How dare you? How DARE you?! Did you think we wanted this to happen? Weren't you listening to my brother?! For all we knew even approaching a black hole was suicide! The only purpose of all of this was to move the gate to an unpopulated planet for further testing! It had to be kept disguised due to the outside interference of groups that would steal the gate and use it for their own purposes!
And who are you to judge us when you don't even know us--! [Anand interrupts then, taking his sister's arm and whispering to her, his expression stern and uncompromising. she's literally shaking with anger and shame, but she quiets down, letting Anand speak] ...forgive her. She didn't...see what happened after the evacuation. She was--[he chokes, and swallows hard against a lump in his throat] She was killed before we were able to leave the ship
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[his expression darkens from being challenged like that and he growls:] Ohhh, I was listening all right, and I dare because I can! I've seen far too many things go wrong because you humans blunder into situations like this and often, I'm the one who has to come in, sort things out, and set you lot back on your proper course, so yes, I think I do dare!
There are better ways to disguise a project like this than on a civilian ship and I really hope you get that someday. However, I can see that you've been rightly shamed for your stupidity in this affair, though, if I had my way, you'd never come near a lab or workshop ever again. You're lucky to be alive right now and you had better value this second chance you've been given.
[he straightens himself up, running a hand through his hair, and lets his anger go now that he's lambasted the two scientists.] I do have to ask why the project wasn't stopped when those strange things started occurring. Or hell, when your colleague took his own life! How are you two unaffected by this
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[Chandra looks like she wants to scream at him again, but Anand stops her with a shake of his head. she deflates after a second, turning her head away to murmur to himself] We have a right to explore, to learn. We...
[Anand shakes his head] You can say that it wasn't our fault, Chandra. Perhaps it is true that we weren't part of the decision making process. But we allowed for these events to run their course and so we are to blame, as well.
[he continues to speak to her for a few minutes until the tension has left to her, and then looks at the Doctor once more] At the time we weren't aware that our colleague was suffering because of the gate itself. It was only during the post mortem studies that we were able to discern the true cause of his death. That led to an investigation of the other strange events that had surrounded the project site. That was how we discovered that it was the gate that was the source of these anomalies. The project was sent to review, but...they determined that our next course of action would be to
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Of course you have a right to, I'd be completely mad to try and stop that! Nothing makes me happier than to see humans making discoveries and expanding the scope of their learning. You just have to find the proper way to do it, is all.
But I am concerned that you've yet to feel the effects--or perhaps you are and simply don't realise it? Something like this had to have effected more people than just your colleague and Ganymede.
[that seems to mollify Chandra, and she keeps her peace while her brother speaks] It could have effected all of us. Or none. When we make it back to Terran space all of us will have to be thoroughly examined, perhaps quarantined. Definitely moved far away from the gate itself.
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And who are you to judge us when you don't even know us--! [Anand interrupts then, taking his sister's arm and whispering to her, his expression stern and uncompromising. she's literally shaking with anger and shame, but she quiets down, letting Anand speak] ...forgive her. She didn't...see what happened after the evacuation. She was--[he chokes, and swallows hard against a lump in his throat] She was killed before we were able to leave the ship ( ... )
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There are better ways to disguise a project like this than on a civilian ship and I really hope you get that someday. However, I can see that you've been rightly shamed for your stupidity in this affair, though, if I had my way, you'd never come near a lab or workshop ever again. You're lucky to be alive right now and you had better value this second chance you've been given.
[he straightens himself up, running a hand through his hair, and lets his anger go now that he's lambasted the two scientists.] I do have to ask why the project wasn't stopped when those strange things started occurring. Or hell, when your colleague took his own life! How are you two unaffected by this ( ... )
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[Anand shakes his head] You can say that it wasn't our fault, Chandra. Perhaps it is true that we weren't part of the decision making process. But we allowed for these events to run their course and so we are to blame, as well.
[he continues to speak to her for a few minutes until the tension has left to her, and then looks at the Doctor once more] At the time we weren't aware that our colleague was suffering because of the gate itself. It was only during the post mortem studies that we were able to discern the true cause of his death. That led to an investigation of the other strange events that had surrounded the project site. That was how we discovered that it was the gate that was the source of these anomalies. The project was sent to review, but...they determined that our next course of action would be to ( ... )
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But I am concerned that you've yet to feel the effects--or perhaps you are and simply don't realise it? Something like this had to have effected more people than just your colleague and Ganymede.
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