If I've learned anything over the centuries is that there's always a way out. [It may not be the one you were hoping for... but he's not going to say that]
Not precisely. I can sense time. Literally feel the Earth turning beneath my feet. I can also travel through time. Well... Usually. My ship is rather limited, here. I can only travel from point A to point B within Paradisa, not within time I'm afraid.
No. We can't. [His voice is weighted with the many regrets from his long long life]
We can't interfere with our own timelines. You see if one single thing were to change it might change the course of our entire lives. It would cause a paradox.
[a nod] I can see the logic in that, tempting though it may be to do otherwise.
[hmmm. Time travel. A bit of a smile (to make up for being depressing. Sorry, Doc.)] Then what dost thou do? Unravel the great mysteries of the past? Meet historical figures? Cheat and take a peek at the future?
[automatically looking up at the blank sky again, before shaking herself and glancing at him] Traveling amongst the stars. That sounds wonderful, in a way.
[sort of. She knows full well just how much nothingness there is up there.]
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Yup, just gonna quash that dark thought right there.
Lightly:] Something to be thankful for, methinks.
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Thou art not human. [or at least not the usual sort of human found around here]
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I'm a Time Lord. I come from the planet Gallifrey.
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Tell me, mine Lord of Time of Gallifrey, dost thou truly control time itself?
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Not precisely. I can sense time. Literally feel the Earth turning beneath my feet. I can also travel through time. Well... Usually. My ship is rather limited, here. I can only travel from point A to point B within Paradisa, not within time I'm afraid.
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Looking up as if scanning a sky only she could see.] Canst thou rectify thy regrets?
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We can't interfere with our own timelines. You see if one single thing were to change it might change the course of our entire lives. It would cause a paradox.
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[hmmm. Time travel. A bit of a smile (to make up for being depressing. Sorry, Doc.)] Then what dost thou do? Unravel the great mysteries of the past? Meet historical figures? Cheat and take a peek at the future?
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[sort of. She knows full well just how much nothingness there is up there.]
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Truly? I confess, I would love to learn of what thou hast seen and heard.
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