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[burnseternal]

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[burnseternal]

And what of the rest of the passengers?

[regenereight]

[ a paaaause before ] Time's a bit testy—certain events cannot be changed. For instance, you can save one person from the sinking of the Titanic, but if the timeline is to continue, uninterrupted, the majority of the ship's passengers must die.

[ they dead, son. ]

[burnseternal]

And so only the one that you took a liking to was saved.

[He glances down, a moment of silence for those that were lost, and looks back at the Doctor.]

It is better to save one life than it is to save none, but it is still a tragedy nonetheless.

[regenereight]

If I could change it, I would, [ he simply responds, with a frown. ] But even saving one person's caused a bit more trouble than I expected. Time simply won't let you do things like that.

[burnseternal]

What were the repercussions of your decision?

[regenereight]

Well one of them was the house that tried to kill me that I mentioned earlier. It fed off the energy created by a paradox caused by Charley living.

[burnseternal]

I see. Well, that doesn't seem too bad, in the grand scheme of things!

[Their perspectives may be a wee bit off. This is what happens when dudes from space operas get together.]

[regenereight]

I just worry about cascading effects. One paradox now, we might run into another later, and then it's paradoxes upon paradoxes.

[burnseternal]

Are you not accustomed to dealing with such matters? The Doctor I know certainly seemed to be but you may, I think, be a great deal younger than him.

[He thinks about this.]

How much younger would you say you are? Or did he fail to include his age in his debriefing?