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[Everyone will no doubt notice a new addition to the Plane: a giant Christmas tree. Yes, it’s decorated. Lights, ornaments, candy canes, the works. EVEN TINSEL. Tinsel rocks. Lots of tinsel, really.

There are also quite a few presents stacked under the tree. Each is addressed to a person on the Plane with hilariously appropriate - or possibly inappropriate - wrapping paper.

There is a sign near the tree which reads, “Thank you very much for helping us. Please accept a gift, completely and utterly free. It is our payment. We feel you’ve earned it! Did you know some trees stay green in the winter? But they‘re so prickly.”

At the bottom of the sign a small scribbled note reads, “We tried to bake cookies but even we wouldn’t eat those.”]

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Well, I probably won't have to get Ianto to stitch me up next Christmas. Definite improvement there. [eyeroll]

Guess so. I dunno why she wouldn't stick around, though, with everybody here. [sad look] Probably wanted to get back to her family.

[laughs] It might be a small improvement, yeah.

[awwwww, Martha D:] Or Weevils. Apparently she has run-ins with an outrageous amount of Weevils, or something along those lines. [to himself] Sometimes very hands on Weevils.

Though apparently his dad's a tailor, so he's actually got a nice, neat stitch. Bit slow for my tastes, though. [grimace]

Weevils? [confused look] What, like the bugs?

[concerned look] Do you get hurt a lot?

[she shakes her head] Not really - the perception filter usually keeps me safe. I've wrenched my ankle a couple of times, but nothing serious till now.

What happened?

There was this little girl trying to save her brother, 'cept he'd already been killed...[she pauses, taking a deep breath] The Toclafane were closing in on her, and I sort of...knocked her to the ground and put the TARDIS key round both our necks. But it was an awfully close call. [she lets the coat fall off her shoulders; she's only wearing a bra, and her back is covered with lacerations that have been carefully stitched up - which, incidentally, match the scar patterns on her future self's back]

[he nods solemnly before walking around to look at the fresh wounds on her back, wincing at the sight of them.]

I'm so sorry.

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[she gives him a sad smile and pulls the coat back on] I saved her. That's all that matters. [pause] Though I sort of used my last shirt for the original bandages, so I suppose I need to find another. 's a bit tricky, finding clothes. Or anything, really.

[lucky for Martha he's wearing layers, so have a layer of shirt.]

I don't know how well that'll work, but, it's better than nothing.

[she gives him a grateful smile; the jacket comes off again, and she pulls the shirt on] Thank you. At least it's pretty warm in Australia this time of year.

[smiles back]

There you go. Looks much better on you than it does on me, I'm sure.

[she chuckles, rolling the sleeves up] Oh, I wouldn't say that. It's a bit big on me, for one thing.

Well, hopefully you won't need it for long. Get back, get yourself a shirt that properly fits.

[nod] You'd think the Twins could've given me a few more clothes. That would've been brilliant. [sigh] It's weird, the things you miss. Like washing machines. Or hot water.

[nods] Yeah, you never realize just how much you depend on certain things until they're not there anymore.

[like your sanity!] Oh, God, tell me about it. I'd bloody kill for a tub of hot water to soak my feet in sometimes.

There should be something like that around here. You should try and take advantage of this place, when you need things of that sort.

Is there? [she looks lost for a moment] I...don't know. There's a lot I don't know about the Plane, really.

Really? [shrugs] Well, you've been here longer than me, so whatever you know, I know less. They just seem to have a place for most things around here it seems.

[wryly] I've been a bit preoccupied with matters off the Plane, Doctor.

I guess you have, haven't you?

[looks around them]

Still, there's probably somewhere around here you can go, I would think.

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