Lomeinie (lomeinie) wrote in time_stories, @ 2009-12-02 02:23:00 |
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“So what d'you want to talk to me about?”
Romana's smile vanished and very solemn look appeared in its place. “Please, Rose, understand what I'm about to ask you is not an attempt to pry into something that is personal for the sake of prying. There is a purpose for what I ask you.”
Rose nodded, “All right, I understand.”
“Do you love the Doctor?” Romana asked carefully.
Rose blinked at her, more surprised than angry she would ask something like that but she did not hesitate to answer her. “Yes, I-I love him.”
“Do you want to spend the rest of your life with him?”
I came back because I love him! I came back because I didn't want to live the rest of my life without him! But am I what he really needs now? Out loud she simply said, “Yes, although it is short when you compare it to how long you Time Lords live.” Or if you compare it to how long the Doctor has already lived or how much longer he will live without me.
Romana nodded, “Yes, the hundred years humans might live are but a breath, a blink of an eye to us.” She watched Rose while she said this and she saw the young woman's face fall just a little but what she saw quickly vanished. “But it is this matter I wish to speak to you about.”
“I don't understand.”
“I shall explain but first, Rose, I must ask you if the Doctor has ever told you about how we Time Lords cheat death?”