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[The Doctor faces the camera of his journal towards himself with a determined, serious expression. He holds up one finger.]

I've got quite a bit on my mind, and I'd prefer not to lose my temper... however-

[He turns it away, to show his TARDIS painted pink.]

I know the old girl wouldn't choose to do this to herself! Who's responsible?! Someone must be, because usually I can simply move into the vortex with her and when she returns her appearance is restored from whatever graffiti and defacement has occurred. This has been positively impossible to remove.

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I've had a strange one myself. What are the circumstances for you?

[She hesitates. This... is something she's taken care to keep close to her chest, the whole time she's been here. Maybe she's overly-cautious, but she'd rather be that, than too free with the information.

Still, she's beginning to think she might need to trust some people with it.]

In my universe, there's... technology. It allows people to share dreams. Manipulate them.

Is that safe or-

[He can tell there are some seriously dangerous implications there.]

Not entirely. [It's not entirely legal, either, but she's not saying that. Not yet.]

But nowadays, I'm really good at knowing when I'm in a dream. [It's called having a totem.]

And your awareness has changed somewhat?

I've a bit of experience with dreams myself, so this is very interesting.

Yeah. I mean, once I learned to recognize when I'm in a dream.

And there are ways to know if you're in someone else's dream, too.

Such as what? [This is a problem he's not had, not being human.]

Well, we call them totems. [She digs her bishop out of her pocket to show it to him.] I've altered it, so only I know exactly how much it weighs in my hand. If I'm in someone else's dream, if it's there at all, it'll be wrong.

That's actually a brilliant idea. [Though he has no idea what he'd use, besides his umbrella. That might work. There are enough odd little additions only he would know.]

Oh, but perhaps that wouldn't work quite so well with me. [He's frowning thoughtfully.] We're a psychic race. If I were already that deeply connected with someone on a dream level, I could pass along an idea quite easily.

Ah, yeah that... I've only ever done it with... regular humans. I'm not sure how it might work with a psychic.

[She thinks about that for a moment.] Actually, do you think it would be possible for a psychic link to allow people to share a dream?