Everyone,_ Caitlin said, cradling her wine glass, __s the hero of his own story. That goes double for fanatics. Some of the greatest horrors in history were perpetrated by people who insisted, all the way to damnation__ door, that they fought on the side of the angels.
I took in a deep breath, and smoke twisted around my head as I let it slip through my teeth. __o you know what my favorite show was when I was a little kid?__he look again. __ would have no idea.___octor Who. British sci-fi show.___ am familiar with it. Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt____o,_ I said. __he new show__ great, but I grew up on the old one. The low-budget, rubber monster show with Tom Baker and Peter Davison. I watched it on PBS all the time as a kid.__ looked out at the dark ruins of Hollywood, at the stumbling shadows dotting the streets as far as you could see. The only other living person within half a mile was standing behind me, her eyes boring into my head.__he Doctor didn__ have super-powers or weapons or anything like that. He was just a really smart guy who always tried to do the right thing. To help people, no matter what. That struck me when I was a kid. The idea that no matter how cold and callous and heartless the world seemed, there was somebody out there who just wanted to make life better. Not better for worlds or countries in some vague way. Just better for people trying to live their lives, even if they didn__ know about him.__ turned back to her and tapped my chest. __hat__ what this suit__ always been about. Not scaring people like you or Gorgon do. Not some sort of pseudo-sexual roleplay or repressed emotions. I wear this thing, all these bright colors, because I want people to know someone__ trying to make their lives better. I want to give them hope.
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I took in a deep breath, and smoke twisted around my head as I let it slip through my teeth. __o you know what my favorite show was when I was a little kid?__he look again. __ would have no idea.___octor Who. British sci-fi show.___ am familiar with it. Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, and Matt____o,_ I said. __he new show__ great, but I grew up on the old one. The low-budget, rubber monster show with Tom Baker and Peter Davison. I watched it on PBS all the time as a kid.__ looked out at the dark ruins of Hollywood, at the stumbling shadows dotting the streets as far as you could see. The only other living person within half a mile was standing behind me, her eyes boring into my head.__he Doctor didn__ have super-powers or weapons or anything like that. He was just a really smart guy who always tried to do the right thing. To help people, no matter what. That struck me when I was a kid. The idea that no matter how cold and callous and heartless the world seemed, there was somebody out there who just wanted to make life better. Not better for worlds or countries in some vague way. Just better for people trying to live their lives, even if they didn__ know about him.__ turned back to her and tapped my chest. __hat__ what this suit__ always been about. Not scaring people like you or Gorgon do. Not some sort of pseudo-sexual roleplay or repressed emotions. I wear this thing, all these bright colors, because I want people to know someone__ trying to make their lives better. I want to give them hope.
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