[It's the last story that makes Iris wince in sympathy.]
...I've been lucky. I'd shrivel inside if I couldn't keep explorin' too. I take people with me a lot.
[She stops short of her almost-spoken offer to go find that girl right now. This is what Iris does, and the thought of someone scrabbling fruitlessly at a barrier Iris is privileged to move through easily hurts horribly. But the beauty of time travel is that no matter how urgently painful, most things can still wait without waiting. But she won't forget.]
It's a diamond mine. It's worth it. I... it doesn't sit easy on me, workin' in a place 'alf the passengers didn't choose to be. We do right by 'em though, we're 'ere to set 'em free. More free than most of 'em've ever got to be before.
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Date: 2013-05-29 08:47 am (UTC)...I've been lucky. I'd shrivel inside if I couldn't keep explorin' too. I take people with me a lot.
[She stops short of her almost-spoken offer to go find that girl right now. This is what Iris does, and the thought of someone scrabbling fruitlessly at a barrier Iris is privileged to move through easily hurts horribly. But the beauty of time travel is that no matter how urgently painful, most things can still wait without waiting. But she won't forget.]
It's a diamond mine. It's worth it. I... it doesn't sit easy on me, workin' in a place 'alf the passengers didn't choose to be. We do right by 'em though, we're 'ere to set 'em free. More free than most of 'em've ever got to be before.