Oh! We're a construct, explains one. We're relegated here to allow ourself to function in the Senate.
Which, for how little it listens to us now, would dismiss us entirely if we lost our temper, another puts in.
The loudest shadow just mutters something indistinct.
And honestly, there's not much you could do with our secrets. The shadow moves a bit. I don't mean to offend you, but... you're human.
That's hardly charitable. The Doctor's argued at length for the merits of humanity.
The merits of humanity on the Gallifreyan Senate Floor?
The issue is not, the loud one presses, whether or not she could use any information against us. It is a mater of propriety, which is the same reason we exist.
...our existence itself is enough to raise serious allegations, the quietest one speaks up.
Which puts us in the interesting position of being in deault on the conditions of our own existence.
Under that acknowledgement, I propose that we not exacerbate the contraries. The tone is sharp. I motion for silence.
"That requires considerably more than two answers," the Vesmier says, the barest hint of amusement to his tone. "To your first question: yes, in principle. It would require me to be in a trance, and certain states, such as high mental agitation, might prevent me from forming a rapport. In principle, I could use the TARDIS to boost my ability to locate and form a rapport with you. It is useful to note that, as you yourself are not psychic, I doubt you would be able to initiate contact with me. To the second: biofeedback is not an area with which I have a great deal of familiarity, especially not in humans. I can construct filters, mechanisms, but all these take place at a rational or near sub-rational level. In short, I would likely be able to help you regiment your thoughts, and to cut off certain emotional reactions which would trigger physical reactions. Controlling those reactions themselves would be considerably more difficult."
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Oh! We're a construct, explains one. We're relegated here to allow ourself to function in the Senate.
Which, for how little it listens to us now, would dismiss us entirely if we lost our temper, another puts in.
The loudest shadow just mutters something indistinct.
And honestly, there's not much you could do with our secrets. The shadow moves a bit. I don't mean to offend you, but... you're human.
That's hardly charitable. The Doctor's argued at length for the merits of humanity.
The merits of humanity on the Gallifreyan Senate Floor?
The issue is not, the loud one presses, whether or not she could use any information against us. It is a mater of propriety, which is the same reason we exist.
...our existence itself is enough to raise serious allegations, the quietest one speaks up.
Which puts us in the interesting position of being in deault on the conditions of our own existence.
Under that acknowledgement, I propose that we not exacerbate the contraries. The tone is sharp. I motion for silence.
"That requires considerably more than two answers," the Vesmier says, the barest hint of amusement to his tone. "To your first question: yes, in principle. It would require me to be in a trance, and certain states, such as high mental agitation, might prevent me from forming a rapport. In principle, I could use the TARDIS to boost my ability to locate and form a rapport with you. It is useful to note that, as you yourself are not psychic, I doubt you would be able to initiate contact with me. To the second: biofeedback is not an area with which I have a great deal of familiarity, especially not in humans. I can construct filters, mechanisms, but all these take place at a rational or near sub-rational level. In short, I would likely be able to help you regiment your thoughts, and to cut off certain emotional reactions which would trigger physical reactions. Controlling those reactions themselves would be considerably more difficult."