session 13 . video

[chaotica]

[ Here is Cambridge, seated at his desk, if the word 'seated' includes sprawled with feet up and uniform jacket open, revealing blue turtleneck underneath. He looks very comfortable. He may also have a glass of Scotch. ]

I'd like to conduct a survey. Call it personal patient satisfaction, if you think it's annoying.

Ready?

Now: Pick three adjectives to describe me. Support your choices with evidence and/or reasoning.

Thank you very much.

[ Cheers. He takes an apparently very satisfying sip of Scotch, letting out a little ah after. ]

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[spam]

[chaotica]

But short term, there are. Not thinking about the feelings others have means freedom for you, in the short term - it means there is nothing to frighten you, nothing that can hurt you to your core. You need to voice and understand these things in order to decide between them and the long-term benefit.

[spam]

[routemistress]

There really are. Cain and me already went over 'ow that sort of thing doesn't 'elp, Horatio already 'ad a go at me and all, but it did. I feel like I got springcleaned. Like I settled a sort of karmic debt.

It's not worth losing 'im for, though. Him or Babs. It's not worth hurting 'em.

[spam]

[chaotica]

[ A moment of silence, as he chews this over. ]

Iris, does a part of you worry that they diminish you? Or, rather, that you must diminish yourself to be with them?

[spam]

[routemistress]

No! I...

[Her hands tighten and still their motion, as Iris catches herself. She still wants to say no, but she's very aware that there is a lot more of her than there is of any human. Any two humans.]

I don't think so. Babs especially; I want to sit at 'er feet. I generally feel like she's too good for me. Like I'm graced that she even noticed me. And Cain - I've never been with anyone I fitted so well, anyone that understood me as much as 'e does.

You know what, though? That's exactly what most timelords'd say. That you can't 'ave a really equal relationship with someone that only 'as one life. That only lives in three dimensions with five senses. That there's no way to bridge that gap and I'm lowering meself for trying.

I don't think I believe that, Dr Cambridge. It's possible bits of me believe it without telling me, mind you.