Holograms 5 & 6

[realitymods]

[The hologram snaps on when Mu asks what Oliver was wondering about Saga and stops on Mu's slip-up over his own telepathy.]

[Almost half a day later, on comes the Doctor and Braxiatel about sins of the past and hopes for the futures.]

Comments

[oliverplus]

[turns to him, startled] Irving... [he swallows hard. then he shrugs a little, attempting to sound nonchalant about it] Did you see that?

[oliverplus]

Ah, yeah. [smiles a little stiffly. he should have expected that] Well...at least it was all old news. [he's trying very, very hard to sound unconcerned about it but not really managing]

[oliverplus]

[shifts uncomfortably] I mean...that happened ages ago now. And it got fixed ages ago, so...yeah.

[oliverplus]

[he almost asks what question, but he knows Brax, and he knows that Brax knows that he knows perfectly well what question. still, he answers hesitantly]

Just--what the Doctor said. He made it sound like I'm...[pauses, struggling for a better word, but he can't think of any other way to say it]...scarred. Inside.

[oliverplus]

[defensively] It's not so bad as you're making it sound!

[oliverplus]

[stares at him in a mixture of shock, dismay, and denial] It's--it's not! I'm a lot better than I was... [but he sounds rather like he's trying to convince himself as much as Brax] I left Gondovan!

[oliverplus]

Why? [that question was so unexpected that he isn't sure what to say for a moment] Well--to travel with the Doctor. You know why! [looks at Brax a little pleadingly, as though he's expecting him to answer for him]

[oliverplus]

[winces at that, as it's not something he cares to remember] I just meant...I mean, we've talked about this. I want to travel with the Doctor! I didn't want to be trapped on Gondovan forever.