[.o27]

[metacrisis_ten]

[Audio]

[The voice that comes through is undoubtedly the Doctor's, though the formal Gallifreyan he speaks will be largely unintelligible to most of the Barge, at least until any translation kicks in:]/To allow myself even a moment of self-pity is to give in to the thought that I just might not make it after all

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[bob_fraser_snr]

I don't know what you're saying, son, but do you want to talk about it?

[metacrisis_ten]

Not particularly.

All right. Why not. It's complicated.

We missed introductions, I think.

[bob_fraser_snr]

Well, it seems I have the abundance of time.

Bob Fraser. New inmate.

[metacrisis_ten]

You never have as much time as you think, mate.

The Doctor. Old inmate. What the hell are you doing here, eh? You seem... normal.

[a_bit_put_upon]

{Self pity is a tool of those led and cowering. If you're any derivative of mine, you will not succumb. You will persevere, and you will go home, or accept the efforts around you to be in vain. Make your choice, Doctor.}

Private

[metacrisis_ten]

{I had no choice to begin with, that's the laughable thing, innit? All the same, I'm not a coward, Doctor- but I can be terrified all the same.}

Private (lol hi supremo)

[a_bit_put_upon]

{Terror isn't intrinsically conducive to cowardice; I well understand that, or we would not have survived much of what we have.

Forgive me. I wasn't setting an ultimatum upon you- I was making an observation of our basic nature, and possibly attempting to instill a reminder of hope. Perhaps our minds change, but there is always the foundation that drives us on. I won't pretend to understand your predicament beyond the technicalities I remember, but you're welcome to request an audience with me. Your condition is through no fault of yours, after all.}

[rani_ushas]

/After all of that, do not disappoint me, Doctor./

[metacrisis_ten]

/It's been a week, hasn't it. More or less.

We need to confer while I'm still lucid. The lot of us./

[rani_ushas]

/Confer? About your condition?/

[fanged_aleera]

Cease your foreign nonsense!

[metacrisis_ten]

That's racist, Aleera.

[fanged_aleera]

There is no running involved!

Davros knows your perverted language!

[great_healer]

The impotence of a mongrel who faces the wage of its sins...

Hisssss

[metacrisis_ten]

Your opinions are unwanted, Davros.