[ The optimism the Doctor wears so easily on the surface belies the darker thoughts he carries within at times, the old man with a young face. The man who's seen and done so much he forgets sometimes that a star is more than just an object in the sky composed mostly of hydrogen and helium undergoing nuclear fusion reactions; a star is also a light in the dark. He sees the shape of things, the beginning and the end, all that was or could ever be, and it's why he needs to believe so strongly that there's always hope.
Turning to glance at Geralt over his shoulder, the Doctor smiles briefly before shifting to lean against the stone pillar opposite him. ]
Oh, just a bit. I don't know what most people guess when they look at me, but they usually don't think to round up a few hundred years.
[ It's the first time, in all of this, that he's really had a chance to look at Geralt, and now he's ever more intrigued about his nature, where he comes from. ]
And you? If we're sharing. Rivia — I've not heard of it, and I've heard of most places. [ Most. He can get away with that by not claiming all, he thinks. ]
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[ The optimism the Doctor wears so easily on the surface belies the darker thoughts he carries within at times, the old man with a young face. The man who's seen and done so much he forgets sometimes that a star is more than just an object in the sky composed mostly of hydrogen and helium undergoing nuclear fusion reactions; a star is also a light in the dark. He sees the shape of things, the beginning and the end, all that was or could ever be, and it's why he needs to believe so strongly that there's always hope.
Turning to glance at Geralt over his shoulder, the Doctor smiles briefly before shifting to lean against the stone pillar opposite him. ]
Oh, just a bit. I don't know what most people guess when they look at me, but they usually don't think to round up a few hundred years.
[ It's the first time, in all of this, that he's really had a chance to look at Geralt, and now he's ever more intrigued about his nature, where he comes from. ]
And you? If we're sharing. Rivia — I've not heard of it, and I've heard of most places. [ Most. He can get away with that by not claiming all, he thinks. ]