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Where are they sending you this time?

Nowhere if I can get my way. [She's stern about this one, Doctor. River Song doesn't want to budge.

Although she will grumpily hand over the crumpled paper 'requesting' her assistance.] The Rhea Asteroid, Isop Galaxy. Not going.

A Church mission? Sounds... fascinating.

It would, to you. But I'm getting tired of doing their dirty work and getting nothing in exchange.[Well, she did love the opportunity for adventure and the excuse for breaking in New outfits, but that wasn't going to cut it this time.]

They claim they need my skills but lately all they've done is throw these paltry things at me. [She shakes the paperwork of her orders, a look of displeasure on her face that might rival Grumpy Cat's.] It's like I'm a damn circus monkey.

[Ah sarcasm didn't shine through]

Why not say something?

[River is a little like the Doctor, in the sense that once she's riled up about something she doesn't exactly perceive the nuances of language anymore. And sometimes she likes to hear herself talk.]

Because I'm....trying to prove something. And unfortunately, they're best suited for getting me what I need. But I'm tired of jumping through hoops for a bunch of...hypocrites!

Ah...You're a bit stuck then?

*The Doctor did his best to straighten the paper that was handed to him*

Any particular reason or just because it's the church?

[She scoffs derisively] The church is a perfectly good reas-

[She cuts herself off, holding up a finger. She'd let herself get caught up in personal feelings, she nearly forgot business. This is a slightly younger River, clearly still jailed for her 'crime'.] Hang on. Timestream. Where are we.

Completely and utterly.

[She's pacing slightly, and finally manages to stop herself for a deep breath. That damn man and his rules. Did he know that sending her to jail would force her to work for the same organization that was involved in her poor childhood? Sometimes she really wanted to hate him. She sighs in frustration.] ...He owes me big.

Oh, probably a lot older than you expect. The last time I saw you was, New York and after.

*That was all he was saying about it*

Now, what happened?

New York? Hm, doesn't a bell. [Well, except for New York when she was a child, but she knows she didn't meet the Doctor there at all.]

We've done Utah, yes? The lake? ...Did I tell you how they got me down in that lake?

Who does?

The Doctor.

Yes, we have. All of it, twice.

*He was surprised that she was being so forthcoming, but he wasn't sure he wanted to know the details, but he was going to let her tell him.*

No, you haven't.

You know the Doctor?

Indeed I do. All brilliance and frustration, isn't he?

[She laughs a little] He definitely is.