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[someone new appears on the Plane; she's sitting in a manual wheelchair, wearing a sleek black headset, and balanced on her lap are two thin silver rods

for a moment, she looks stunned, but then her expression closes, and when she speaks, her voice is cool and calm]

Azrael? Azrael, do you read me? ...No, I thought not. [she pulls the receiver down so that it hangs round her neck, and begins to move, cautious and alert; her chair rolls silently across the stars, and her gaze moves with sharp precision

she's memorising every inch of it]

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Yes.

[Beat. And then, with the importance of remembered manners.]

Welcome.

[and the smile widens]

Thank you. [a pause, as she considers] I'm Barbara.

Hi.

[She gets a little bit of a smile, in that yay! person! kind of way.

...Her name is not so much forthcoming, no.]

[faintly amused] Do you have one?

Yes.

[:D! AND SHE IS VERY PROUD OF THAT.]

Want to share?

Okay.

[Yes, yes, they could play this all day. But luckily, River's catching on this time.]

It's River.

[grateful grin] Nice to meet you, River. [well, it may not be, but she'll go with this for now]

[IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO MEET RIVER. EXCEPT WHEN IT IS NOT.]

You, too.

Have you been here long?

Linearly.

[Beat.]

Not long.

Can you be non-linear? [it's a serious question, yes]

[Cue moment of confusion.]

Scalar or vector.

Does physics actually apply here?

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[Uncomfortable, awkward silence.

The answer here is 'sometimes?']

[slow, slight nod] Must be disconcerting.

[A moment of hesitation.] Yes.

[wry smile] You're used to at least those rules not being broken. [even if they're comic book physics]

There's a black hole.

[Beat.]

On the plane.

[...she'll just take that in for a moment]

And it's just...sitting there? [another pause] Well, I suppose if the stars don't burn...I'd assumed they were some sort of simulation, though.

It doesn't take anything.

[Unless you drop it down.]

Except light, I'd think, or it wouldn't even look like a black hole.

[WELL YES.

She felt that was obvious, and conveys it by dint of bratty face.]

[you get an amused one in turn] I'm a bit semantic.

Yes.