A Muse Protests

[adhmharaighe]

Do not consider two of me. Please. I want there to be only one, and in one place. 

Two....

[Shake of the head]

...please.

Don't. 

Comments

[gwenhwyfar]

Ah, how nostalgic.

[adhmharaighe]

...

[Frown]

Nostalgic?

[gwenhwyfar]

I remember when I was your age first learning the traditional age.

[adhmharaighe]

...the traditional age...

I do not understand.

[gwenhwyfar]

Druidry. The traditional path. Awen.

[adhmharaighe]

...you are a druid?

[gwenhwyfar]

Almost. I am an ovate, I am their shaman.

[adhmharaighe]

Akin to a druid master?

[gwenhwyfar]

The druid is the master to the ovates and bards.

[adhmharaighe]

Then....I've not been taught that lesson.

[gwenhwyfar]

Do not worry! You will learn that when you're older. But I am sure you will make a fine druid.

[adhmharaighe]

How are you sure?

[gwenhwyfar]

My teacher, he is a druid and he was the one who raised me. He used to tell me certain mysteries and traditions are handed to you once you are deemed responsible by your own kind. A long time ago, before druids were shunned and murdered, they practiced and taught in piece. Sometimes for twenty years.

Because the Doctor + kids = the best

[comeonthensexy]

What would the harm be?

d'awwwwwww

[adhmharaighe]

Would you want another...exactly as you are?

[Or worse, different.]

[comeonthensexy]

That's actually happened to me. It's not so bad at all. They get you, you see.

[adhmharaighe]

Get you?

[No, Doctor. That actually sounds like some horrible form of captivity.]

[comeonthensexy]

Yes. Get you, understand you, same mind, same personality, it's terribly fascinating.

[adhmharaighe]

....but I have myself for that.

[comeonthensexy]

Oh, but when you see yourself from outside you get a completely new perspective.

[adhmharaighe]

[frown]

I do not need one.

[comeonthensexy]

People always need new perspectives. Especially someone so young as yourself; I daresay it's the best time for perspective! Childhood. Beautiful thing, it is.

[adhmharaighe]

Why is it beautiful?

[comeonthensexy]

Because often, when people get old, they forget that they still have things to learn and that's the greatest mistake a person can make. I've lived for hundreds of years and, trust me, you are never done. You never know everything. It's impossible.

Children, however, have a thirst for knowledge. They may not realise it, there may be things getting in the way, but it's there, if only they find it.

[adhmharaighe]

Elders die, and children die. Thirst for knowledge does not change that.