fighting the good fight with eggs and milk! (i_eggstir) wrote in we_coexist,
"DEAD? HOW CAN I BE DEAD? I'M RIGHT HERE. WHO LEFT THAT? WHO WOULD DO THAT? WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT?"
And like before, any time when the stress became too great or Oswin was afraid her sense of self was being compromised, the electronics in Leto's turned on and began to broadcast opera. It was her distress signal, the noise she used to drown out the programming Oswin feared would come back.
"...SHOULD WE CALL THE POLICE?" the dalek's voice was remarkably fragile and caring. There was, as far as she could tell, a dead girl in their apartment.
Oswin didn't allow herself to think that the young woman was alive. That was even more threatening to her sense of self than a deceased look-a-like.