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Rollin rollin rollin, rollin rollin rollin, rollin rollin rollin, rollin rollin rollin raaawhiiiiiiiiide move em on head em up move em on head em up rawhide! Cut em out, ride em in, cut em out, ride em in, rawhide

[Mission: you're still on the road. are you hungry yet. tired? too bad.]

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[recurred]

Improbable circumstances. [looks away from him]

You know all these people are from different Earths too, most of 'em anyway. It's not a coincidence. Can't be. [takes a breath like she's working up to a tough question. something that's been on her mind for a while now]

If there are multiple universes, does that mean there are multiple versions of us? Doing different stuff in each of 'em?

[crossmyhearts]

A good question. Did you know there's a theory, later on disproved of course, that says that anything that can happen will happen, if not in this universe then in another one. But that's just silly because that would imply an infinite number of universes, and nothing... nothing is infinite. Well, almost nothing, but most certainly not universes.

You see, we are so small, that the universe, in our eyes, seems limitless. While there is, in fact, an edge to our universe, there must also be a limited number of universes in existence, constantly contracting and expanding, changing, and therefore that means there is a limited number of things that could happen.

Anyway. [ shakes a hand as if to clear his mind. not that ever works that well, it's always a mess in there ]It's more than likely to be at least one more version of us... somewhere out there. Maybe in another reality there is a Clara whom I never got to meet. Or a Clara in a place where there is no Doctor.

[recurred]

[she can make peace with that, it doesn't explain everything, but it's an excuse she can take.]

[grows quiet for a moment as she thinks, reconsiders, and puts it off again. looks at him with that normal nonchalance once again]

You taking up watch with me tonight?

[crossmyhearts]

Of course. Can't have you stay here by yourself all night, now can I?