AND REMEMBER!

        ❝ probably not. the news? ooh, is something bad happening and we’re the only ones who can fix it? ❞ she should not sound this excited.

        ❝ yes! no. probably not, but we’ll make it work. ❞ she can do this. what does she need the doctor for, anyway? she can do this. and maybe if clara believes it, faith will too.  ❝ i think it’s time to go and talk to it. ❞

        ❝ just a gut instinct. but if it is, we...probably shouldn’t be having this conversation. ❞

        ❝ what’s shameful about that? everyone gets scared. i get scared. makes you stronger to admit it than to pretend you don’t, i reckon. anyway, ain’t like the police could’ve done much to help. lucky you got me around, eh? ❞

       ❝ do you ever think we should just...stop doing this? ❞

        ❝ you had time to call the police. why didn’t you? ❞

        ❝ i’m sorry. it’s just time-sensitive. extremely time-sensitive. and i don’t have the doctor or the sonic, so! ❞ she claps her hands together.  ❝ was it big? small? ❞

        ❝ i think the room is bugged. ❞

        adventure. that’s what she wants. adventure and danger --- enough that it’s exciting, that her senses sharpen, but not so much that she thinks she’s about to die --- and fun, and clara gets all of those from spending time with the doctor. especially when he was aiming for something much more lowkey. who wants a boring birthday? and there’s nothing boring about the sonic screwdriver; clara beams at him, and looks around.  ❝ alright, so...panels. we’ll get out through the panels. they won’t be deadlocked. ❞ the sonic whirrs to prove her point.

        ❝ ...how long have you been standing there? ❞