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[the TARDIS appears on the Plane following this conversation with Dietrich, hoping to find a way to counteract whatever it is he's done to her and warn the Doctor. she's pacing around near the beach that Ten.One brought a while back, stopping every now and again to see if anyone's around, then going back to pacing, working out elaborate equations under her breath just to keep focused]

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No. He is a fool and a disgrace and I would have naught to do with him. His very presence is painful to me.

[the TARDIS has her own share of ghosts, after all]

You are a stronger woman than you claim to be, then, do you not believe?

[frowns, then looks away]

Perhaps we are.

One might be a fool, and a disgrace. We might wish them away and find even th thought of their name painful.

But that does not mean we do not long for them.

[she watches the TARDIS, if only to look away from herself]

My mind is strong, but my body is not. This leaves me at war with myself.

[Broken indeed]

I long for him to stay far from me, that is all.

[holds her gaze, jaw tight, though her expression softens a little]

A mind is far more valuable than the vessel in which it is stored. One can do nothing without a mind.

That is what you long for?

[say it again, she might believe it]

My mind can only take me so far.

It is. More than anything.

Perhaps. It has taken you quite far as it is, though.

If that is what you wish for, perhaps I do not understand you as much as I once thought.

[thoughtful]

If far is this beach, now. Then I imagine that it has.

[internally, the TARDIS is desperate for Reinette to understand that something is wrong, to not believe the words she's speaking, but none of that concern comes through] Perhaps I have simply been too good at deceit.

[kneels, lifting the sand in her hand]

Is that such a bad thing?

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