fighting the good fight with eggs and milk! (i_eggstir) wrote in we_coexist,
"No idea. It's sort of refreshing, actually. I can actually talk to people, as myself. Well, my new self, bit like the old self really except I'm still wearing my uniform. New clothes, maybe? Well, I don't really need new clothes, but I think it'll be nice to have something else to change into for once."
Oswin was rambling, and also wiping more almost tears from her eyes to dry them.
"You wished this? And it just came true? If I knew it were that easy I would have wished for it myself ages ago. I can't believe the Christmas Tree was real. For really real. I can have a life again. I think I'll cool it on the space travel, didn't go so well the last name."
That was another joke. Oswin was aware she wouldn't really be leaving.
If she realized the dalek was still the other room, Oswin would not have been so cheerful. Her hands came up to grasp his and she watched them in amazement for the longest time. "Hands. Actual hands. Don't get me wrong, the hands I dreamt up were pretty good -- never chipped a nail, perfectly manicured -- but this... I didn't think I'd ever get to do this again."