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[have the TARDIS walking about with a glass of some sort of wine. she's so taking advantage of having prolonged, physical projections to finally try things she couldn't before]

I will never understand the fascination with imbibing alcohol. This is the fourth one I've had and I am as unimpressed with this one as the last three. I must wonder why the Doctor insists on keeping it around.

[in other news!]

I've noticed a great deal more people arriving in this place. If we could calculate when a new being in being drawn into this nexus, perhaps we could harness that energy as a means of escape for ourselves. Has anyone tried such a thing, yet?

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It's not right that you were treated like a thing, is it? Not when you're... sentient, I guess is the word for it.

[smiles slightly, because she's learning!] And I'm sorry for what I said. I was hurt and angry. You're better than that.

Perhaps. It does not explain your sorrow.

[blinks, then laughs lightly] Of course I am, boy. Was there every any doubt?

It doesn't?

[puts his hand over his mouth, repressing a laugh. When he speaks, it's rather muffled] 'course not, no.

I have found that sorrow generally involves a personal or intimate knowledge of the person or subject one is feeling sorry for. You do not know me, so how can you feel sorrow?

[blinks rapidly, then grins] You learn quickly, boy. Ah...Sam Tyler. I think I could grow to like you.

[shakes his head] I wouldn't want to be treated that way, so I... feel bad that you had to suffer it, guess it is. And I... guess it's that I want to show compassion, to ease your suffering. --I don't really think about that very often. This's very... meta.

You're not a slow study yourself, TARDIS. ...Is that really what you want me to call you, 'TARDIS'?

'Meta?' At any rate, I...thank you. For your concern. It is few and far between who can extend that to a being that isn't their own.

[blinks] I should hope not. My processing functions are well beyond the capability of a normal human's brain. And I am the TARDIS. It is my name. What else would you call me?

I don't think that's true. People care more than you give them credit for. Or I hope they do, anyway.

Never mind. Just forget it.

I should like it if that were true.

[frowns] Did I offend you again? It wasn't my intention.

I think it is.

No! No, I just... forget it. [scratches the back of his head]

Then I shall keep it in mind.

...if you insist. [obviously is not happy with this]

[erm...]

So! Uh, care to tell me a bit about where you are, back home?

You mean outside this anomaly in time? The Doctor and I are on a world very similar to Traken, the home of Nyssa. Only it is inhabited by anthropomorphic arthropods instead of beings you would call humanoids. [snirks] Charlotte is rather afraid of them. It is...humourous...watching her reactions when she has to go out to market.

What's Traken like?

A quaint planet where there is no evil. They have forged an ideal society in which negative emotions and actions are suppressed and removed. They're quite good at gardening, actually, and are highly advanced technologically.

No evil? That's impossible. I'll give you time-travelling and aliens and anything else you like, but no evil at all...

The Keeper of Traken ensures the entire Union has universal harmony. I'm certain a good many of the inhabitants feel negative emotions, but there are no actions that bely those thoughts. Any creatures who exhibit evil intentions, such as the Melkur, are trapped within the gardens of the Fosters and left to calcify and turn to dust. It is a tranquil place, if somewhat boring. Though I do rather enjoy the plant life. It has more intelligence than in some other systems.

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