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[studentoftime]

[reading a thick book] It would seem that reading this capsule manual has hardly done the sort of good I was hoping it would. These old models are so very out of date. I can see why they were decommissioned. The upkeep alone requires such horridly rare materials that it would be far too much of a hassle to own one.

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[brigadiertardis]

[testily] Your opinion is hardly warranted.

[brigadiertardis]

I would rather you not, quite frankly. Why does no one ever ask me if I want others travelling about in me?

[glares] I am not mistaken. I may be older, but that does not make me anything less, improvements or no. I have far more heart than they ever could, those desensitised and dull shadows of the past.

[studentoftime]

Very well then. May I travel with you and the Doctor?

I'm afraid I don't quite understand your meaning.

[brigadiertardis]

I believe I've all ready made myself quite clear in that I don't want you to.

[shakes her head] You've bred these new TARDISes to be unthinking, unfeeling machines. They lack any sort of personality, and therefore any spirit. I can find it within myself to go beyond my limits, much as you or the Doctor might. That is why I will always be better than your precious upgrades.

[studentoftime]

Then I'm afraid your council is unnecessary.

Does it feel any different?

[brigadiertardis]

I'm afraid your presence is unwanted.

Well, how might you feel if all your emotions were ripped from you? [pauses] Nevermind, that was a bad example. How might you feel if your sense of time were removed?

[studentoftime]

Then we must agree to disagree.

Oh, absolutely ghastly. I imagine I would be extremely ill if that happened.

[brigadiertardis]

Unfortunately.

What makes you think it would be any different for us, to have all that makes us alive bred out for your convenience, because you wanted naught but a ship that would obey, as opposed to think for itself?

[studentoftime]

But the symbiotic relationship is only in place in order to protect the pilot. Far be it for me to point this out but the original idea was that a capsule would have this bond only out of the Time Lord's convenience. It was never about your own convenience. I may be mistaken but a TARDIS is supposed to die with the owner, not vise versa.

[brigadiertardis]

Why must we be unthinking and unfeeling to do so? I would go to any lengths to save the Doctor, but gladly die by his side. Can you say the same of your newest models?

[studentoftime]

If you think and feel, would you not question and desire something beyond your purpose?

[brigadiertardis]

Of course I do. But I am also more in tune with the Doctor's needs. I'll do whatever it takes to help him. Is that not worth the price of emotion and thought?

[studentoftime]

But what if you should stop desiring his safety? Such an important thing as a pilot's life should not be in the hands of an overly emotional machine.

[brigadiertardis]

His safety is mine. Why should I invite my own death? [she's rather huffy now] I'd never betray the Doctor. That you believe I'm capable of such a thing is appalling.

[studentoftime]

Because emotions have the capacity to change. Your feelings towards him could change. Type 40 capsules were notorious for being temperamental because they were more emotional.

[brigadiertardis]

He saved me from death, girl. Perhaps that is a trifle to you, but I owe him more than you could ever imagine and I shall not betray that. And I would rather be temperamental than static and sterile.