6 ∞ after

[leathered]

[voice]

[ At first, there are just little domestic sounds -- someone wandering around the kitchen, open the fridge, shut the fridge. And then the Doctor begins to speak to himself. ]

So they've all gone home, our visitors, and left us here behind. Back to their worlds, back to their adventures, and we're left cooling our heels in this forgotten corner of the universe. Playing domestic for a bunch of bored madmen. Great. Always how I imagined life. Usually I'm liberating places like that.

[ A pause. ] And the milk's gone off. Tastes like sand. Oi, hold on, is my device recor--

[ Yes, Doctor, it was. ]

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:: audio

[generated_anomaly]

They sound evil. Surely we can find a way to combat the evil madmen. I'm very good with a weapon and excel in combat. [Her growing smile is audible in what she says next.] I bet I could teach you a few things, Dad.

:: audio

[leathered]

[ A bark of a laugh. ] That so? Been a while... [ He remembers the weight of Statten's gun between his hands, the way that Rose made it too heavy to fire. Not a good memory. ] Rather not solve problems that way. Not anymore.

:: audio

[generated_anomaly]

[She almost feels ashamed for a moment. Sometimes her first instinct always went back to her being created for war, her being a soldier before she'd realized she could make a choice. She kind of hated herself when she did that. Violence wasn't always the answer, her dad had taught her that.]

Oh. Well... you're right, of course. We should find them, seek them out for a little chat and see if they can understand our standpoint on freedom, or the lack thereof.

[As confident as those words sounded coming out of her mouth, they're followed by more uncertainty as to whether they're right or not.] Yes?

:: audio

[leathered]

Much better idea, yes. [ His tone is gentle. He understands her impulse, even if he can't agree with it. Goodness knows, he's thought the same before. ] Thing that bothers me is, surely someone's done that before. And what happened to them? I've never heard.

:: audio

[generated_anomaly]

Have you asked? The citizens, I mean... have you asked them? They might have some insight as to what has happened to those who have had a chat with the evil madmen before.

:: audio

[leathered]

Can't say I have, actually. Might not be a bad next step.