initiate free bird protocol

take Romana's dynamic with Leela. she's clearly fond of Leela right from the start. even in Zagreus there's an "oh i like you" energy that shines through the professionalism she's so desperately clinging to but somehow, years later, Romana's still apprehensive to even call Leela her friend. she will not make herself vulnerable to someone she loves because the first time she did do that she was used.

hell, even with Romana and the Doctor (before she even knew on a conscious level that Sartia had been toxic for her), there's a lot of defense mechanisms on show. she deflects, she criticizes, she takes control of anything she can because she's so used to feeling under someone else's thumb.

it's just really interesting how it all goes back to Sartia, and yet Sartia's only been in two audios. how so much of Romana makes so much sense because of this one character they introduced just so she could have her own 'master' type of character.

you to get that quadruple

bypass surgery.