Julia would love to go on any of those adventures. She's an explorer at heart. She got bogged down in the real world and not believing in magic and excitement, she planned on settling down in a boring normal life where she could do good things but not find the invigoration of the life she used to dream about. And then everything changed and while she's glad for it, it took her down such dark roads. She had magic, but at what cost? The Doctor doesn't deny her darkness or try to push it away from her, he understands that it's in her to stay, but that he can offer so much light to counteract it. The two of them are the yin and yang in a lot of ways. Both seeking balance.
But if there is a future where they can run across the stars together, she'd take it in a heartbeat. They've found in each other someone in simpatico, who can step in stride. Maybe all they have are little things in this world, but they're worthy. She never thought she would want to be near a man again, let alone want to be with a man. The Doctor's swept her off her feet and now he continues to.
Julia listens to him attentively, grave for a moment, but she smiles when he immediately tries to look at the bright side of things. It's a skill. She's such a pessimist in comparison. She takes his hand and threads their fingers together, holding it with a squeeze. "I just adore you, you know. My endless optimist." It's one of his best qualities without question.
"Solvunn on the other hand is fine? I think the Elders are concerned about Thorne getting all power-hungry so they're calling on the gods to watch out for Solvunn, but otherwise life is pretty normal. And weird because it's normal." The rest of the world is not normal at the moment, but Solvunn's always been neutral and avoidant of trouble. But they're ready to defend their borders with the gods, which is a pretty smart idea in Julia's opinion.
"Michael and I were talking about maybe testing out the boundaries between Solvunn and the Free Cities. We don't know if everyone's just accepting that we can't cross over without testing it out more." Julia's not saying she's defecting, she's just curious if they are imaginary lines. "Teleporting out doesn't work but I don't know about just walking." People almost never think about leaving Solvunn.
"But we're going to bring a normal human with us maybe, because a goddess and archangel aren't the proper tests for these things."
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But if there is a future where they can run across the stars together, she'd take it in a heartbeat. They've found in each other someone in simpatico, who can step in stride. Maybe all they have are little things in this world, but they're worthy. She never thought she would want to be near a man again, let alone want to be with a man. The Doctor's swept her off her feet and now he continues to.
Julia listens to him attentively, grave for a moment, but she smiles when he immediately tries to look at the bright side of things. It's a skill. She's such a pessimist in comparison. She takes his hand and threads their fingers together, holding it with a squeeze. "I just adore you, you know. My endless optimist." It's one of his best qualities without question.
"Solvunn on the other hand is fine? I think the Elders are concerned about Thorne getting all power-hungry so they're calling on the gods to watch out for Solvunn, but otherwise life is pretty normal. And weird because it's normal." The rest of the world is not normal at the moment, but Solvunn's always been neutral and avoidant of trouble. But they're ready to defend their borders with the gods, which is a pretty smart idea in Julia's opinion.
"Michael and I were talking about maybe testing out the boundaries between Solvunn and the Free Cities. We don't know if everyone's just accepting that we can't cross over without testing it out more." Julia's not saying she's defecting, she's just curious if they are imaginary lines. "Teleporting out doesn't work but I don't know about just walking." People almost never think about leaving Solvunn.
"But we're going to bring a normal human with us maybe, because a goddess and archangel aren't the proper tests for these things."