When was the moment you realized you were an adult?
You know, it's weird.
Even when I started college, I never thought of myself as grown up. It was exciting, yeah, and it was a start, but I was still a kid. Maybe that's because everyone kept treating me that way. They expected me to still be childish, and that was fine with me. Responsibility was something other people did.
Then I met the Doctor. I guess that's life-changing for a lot of people, even if he doesn't take you with him.
And if he hadn't, well, I'd still have discovered aliens, trekked across a desert planet, shouted down a Time Lord. Never mind almost drowning. Actually that was sort of embarrassing. (Never even got to appreciate the…anyway.)
I've been growing up since, I guess. I always wanted to explore, and to prove...that I was more than what most people thought. The Doctor, he never saw me like that. I guess that could be insulting, but it was mostly refreshing. Heck, for all I know he doesn't have a sex drive. Or maybe he's attracted to slimy tentacle people. Or just gay. I mean, with Turlough and - anyway.
He didn't think I was just some shallow bimbo and I think that's why he's my best friend. Besides Erimem, anyway. A Pharaoh and a Time Lord, you'd think I'd feel pretty significant, and I do sometimes, but... I've still made a difference, you know? I've saved them, and other people, just by being stubborn and loud and quick.
That's responsibility. We've had to keep wannabe megalomaniacs from messing up time, defeat all sorts of monstrous things, and sometimes just keep each other alive. And it's really cool, actually, except when it's terrible and horrifying, and even then it's worth it. It's not something I wanna give up.
I guess someday I'll leave - maybe go back home, like Turlough did, or find somewhere else to stay - but I won't stop. I'll keep learning things, and discovering things, and saving things. Because I want to be the best I can be, and make the universe better too.
That's what adults do. That's what I am now. That's what I've been able to be all along, I just didn't know it.
Thanks, Doctor.
Even when I started college, I never thought of myself as grown up. It was exciting, yeah, and it was a start, but I was still a kid. Maybe that's because everyone kept treating me that way. They expected me to still be childish, and that was fine with me. Responsibility was something other people did.
Then I met the Doctor. I guess that's life-changing for a lot of people, even if he doesn't take you with him.
And if he hadn't, well, I'd still have discovered aliens, trekked across a desert planet, shouted down a Time Lord. Never mind almost drowning. Actually that was sort of embarrassing. (Never even got to appreciate the…anyway.)
I've been growing up since, I guess. I always wanted to explore, and to prove...that I was more than what most people thought. The Doctor, he never saw me like that. I guess that could be insulting, but it was mostly refreshing. Heck, for all I know he doesn't have a sex drive. Or maybe he's attracted to slimy tentacle people. Or just gay. I mean, with Turlough and - anyway.
He didn't think I was just some shallow bimbo and I think that's why he's my best friend. Besides Erimem, anyway. A Pharaoh and a Time Lord, you'd think I'd feel pretty significant, and I do sometimes, but... I've still made a difference, you know? I've saved them, and other people, just by being stubborn and loud and quick.
That's responsibility. We've had to keep wannabe megalomaniacs from messing up time, defeat all sorts of monstrous things, and sometimes just keep each other alive. And it's really cool, actually, except when it's terrible and horrifying, and even then it's worth it. It's not something I wanna give up.
I guess someday I'll leave - maybe go back home, like Turlough did, or find somewhere else to stay - but I won't stop. I'll keep learning things, and discovering things, and saving things. Because I want to be the best I can be, and make the universe better too.
That's what adults do. That's what I am now. That's what I've been able to be all along, I just didn't know it.
Thanks, Doctor.