I'm going to give him a distraction. Give him something full of cracks and weaknesses, something already broken and barely held together that he can play with.
That's more than anyone else has but on the line, so far. More than even he has, though he doubts the Rani would be interested in creating another duplicate even if he could copy the consciousnesses of others.For the situation to have become so desperate, either in balanced analysis or in this woman's view, for her to wager her entire mental structure on the gamble...
A gamble which she herself admits is unlikely to finish this.
It reminds him of someone. More than one someone, actually, in different ways, and it may be irony that where he and multiple Doctors all failed, she could have a chance. Could.
He reaches out, mentally, offering a presence at the edge of her mind, with every indication that if she'd rather continue aloud, they can. But as for certain things...
:: I have some experience with that, :: he offers, with a glimpse, just a glimpse, of what he means. The amount of damage done to his mind after the Schism, the keen interest he took in ensuring that so much damage could not happen again, the situation he put himself into, pitting his own passions against the scorns and necessities of the Senate. He's no stranger to walking into situations which could tear apart, or at the very least overwhelm, his sense of self. :: So far as mental structure goes, I can aid you. ::
He can make a mental edifice which would rival the architecture of Gallifrey, if she can integrate it.
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I'm going to give him a distraction. Give him something full of cracks and weaknesses, something already broken and barely held together that he can play with.
That's more than anyone else has but on the line, so far. More than even he has, though he doubts the Rani would be interested in creating another duplicate even if he could copy the consciousnesses of others.For the situation to have become so desperate, either in balanced analysis or in this woman's view, for her to wager her entire mental structure on the gamble...
A gamble which she herself admits is unlikely to finish this.
It reminds him of someone. More than one someone, actually, in different ways, and it may be irony that where he and multiple Doctors all failed, she could have a chance. Could.
He reaches out, mentally, offering a presence at the edge of her mind, with every indication that if she'd rather continue aloud, they can. But as for certain things...
:: I have some experience with that, :: he offers, with a glimpse, just a glimpse, of what he means. The amount of damage done to his mind after the Schism, the keen interest he took in ensuring that so much damage could not happen again, the situation he put himself into, pitting his own passions against the scorns and necessities of the Senate. He's no stranger to walking into situations which could tear apart, or at the very least overwhelm, his sense of self. :: So far as mental structure goes, I can aid you. ::
He can make a mental edifice which would rival the architecture of Gallifrey, if she can integrate it.