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[Jamie has settled under a tree in the forest, his satchel on his lap. Reaching inside, he pulls out a mass of cloth, carefully unwrapping it to reveal a brown egg with blue speckles - still intact. He looks at it, a vaguely disgruntled expression on his face.]

Och, aren't ye ever going to hatch?

[He's not gotten a lot of sleep the past couple of days, having just come off a rather harrowing mission with his Doctor. It involved nearly falling off a cliff - something actually stopped when the satchel had snagged on a tree limb. He's grateful that he still needed the satchel, but at the same time, he's very tired of hauling the bag around. There's a sigh, which turns into a bit of a yawn.]

Maybe I'll take a wee nap and see if I can find someone here after that who can help.

[Closing his eyes, he tucks a protective arm over the egg and drifts off into slumber. He's soon sound asleep, and completely misses the fact that the egg is beginning to twitch. Cracks appear in its shell, and a piece of it pops off rather suddenly, pushed free by the nose of its occupant, a cinnamon colored ferret.]

[The ferret wiggles its way free through the hole, looking around with bright, inquisitive eyes. Spotting the piece of shell it knocked free, it jumps on it and starts wrestling it into submission, like you do with those sorts of things. This fails to get Jamie's attention, as he is still out cold...and might need a wee bit of prompting before he'll notice.]

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The... [He glances down at the ferret, who is now trying to drag the piece of eggshell away to hide it. It's a fairly large piece, so the ferret is just going around in circles.] Oh.

Aye, I think it might be. It's not been bothering ye, has it?

No, but I could hear it's shuffling and thought I should wake you. It is not your pet, then?

[Glancing down at the ground next to him, Jamie spots the remnants of the rest of his egg. It might very well be his, after all.] Well, there's one way to find out.

[He's never tried to call a ferret before, but he shifts into a crouch, holding out his hand close to the ground and making what he thinks is the appropriate noises. The ferret looks up and abandons its task in favor of bounding over and making a small, happy clucking noise. It nudges the rest of the shell, and then Jamie's hand.]

It seems to recognize me, right enough. Thank ye for waking me. I'd not realized the egg hatched. Hey...I don't think I've seen ye on the Plane before. I'm Jamie.

I am Leela.

[And then she frowned.]

I may not be wise, but I know that animals like that one do not come out of eggs.

Aye, well, I would have thought the same thing before this. The Twins found these eggs, so I think they must have come from someplace where things are different enough that ye can have animals in them.

This is the first ferret I've seen, though.

I cannot see it, I can only hear it.

Can you trust it, then? If it was a gift from these Twins?

Ye can't... [Startled, he looks at Leela, only now noticing this.] I'm sorry, I didn't realize.

I don't know. They seemed more than a wee bit upset about the deathmatches, though, and I think they were trying to make up for it somehow. I know the Doctor took one, too. Er, at least one of the Doctors, I should say.

You do not need to be sorry. I am glad you did not notice. I do not wish to be seen as some cripple.

You are a friend of the Doctor's as well?

Aye. I can understand that.

And I know the Doctor. I travel with him when I'm not on the Plane.

I travelled with him too, once. A long time ago.

What does he look like when you travel with him?

Well, he's not as tall as some of the other Doctors that I've met here. [He studies Leela for a moment, trying to judge her relative height.] I'd say he's maybe a wee bit taller than ye are, but not by much.

He's got dark hair, with bangs, and usually likes to wear this coat that's too big for him and a bow-tie. He's not mentioned anyone with your name, though, so I don't think he's your Doctor.

I am still in his future, then. He is always my Doctor, no matter what face he wears.

Well, I meant not the one ye traveled with. So what does yours look like, then?

When I travelled with him, he was tall and wore a long scarf. He wears velvet now. And a 'cravat'.

[skeptically] A cravat? Aye, well, I suppose it could be worse.

The one with the scarf, though - does he have lots of curly hair?

Yes. That is him.

Oh, so ye and Oliver have the same Doctor, then! I think ye would be the first one I've met that's happened with since I've come here.

Although there's not too many of us around, is there? It's mostly different Doctors, or other Time Lords.

There are more of us than I expected to meet.

Well, it is a multi-dimensional nexus-thing, which, er...

[shaking his head] Actually, I think ye have the right of it. I didn't expect anything like this, even after traveling with the Doctor.

I don't suppose you've run into anyone that ye actually know here, have ye?

Narvin and Braxiatel. And Romana is here, though I haven't seen her yet.

I've not met Romana, but I know Braxiatel. And I've run into Narvin.

[His voice goes a little flat when he says 'Narvin', but it's only for as long as it takes him to say the name. He's guessing that Romana's likely another Time Lord, given the company. And if she -knows- them...]

Hey...did the Doctor take ye to Gallifrey a lot?

Only once. I stayed on Gallifrey when I met Andred. My ... my husband.

Your husband? Is he...

A Time Lord? He was, yes. He is dead now.

[A look of sympathy crosses Jamie's features, even if she can't see it, and his voice is gentle when he speaks.] Ye must miss him very much.

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