Rose Tyler
It was the Judoon who captured the Doctor in Blackpool, and separated him for Romana, during which time she conveniently fell pregnant.
There were Judoon here, now, stalking the forests surrounding the castle of the Doctor's alleged daughter.
Rose wished she could believe Znya. She wished she could believe it a mere coincidence, that one and the same species should be both here, and there. But she didn't believe that. Try as she might, she couldn't believe that.
Then what?
"D'you trust her?" she asked Jack, as they rode through the forest a ways behind father and daughter, who'd both rode magnificently. They were heading for the last known location of the Judoon camp, and Rose had discovered a tolerably amateur knack for riding, whereas poor Cap'n Harkness remained a failing novice. Understandable; a space captain of the future would have little to do with riding any living beast.
"I don't know," he drawled, his watery eyes narrowing as he glared at Zyna's retreating back. "I want to."
"Same," Rose exclaimed, "I mean, I really want to! If that's really his girl, then it'll do him the world of good. He won't be alone anymore!"
Jack shook his head. "He ain't alone though, Rose. He's got you. And me, for what little that's worth."
"Oh, it's worth plenty," she assured him, "he just has a funny way of showing it. But me and you, we can't compete. If Znya is another Gallifreyan, his own flesh and blood, then..."
"I know," Jack said quietly. "and I also know that if she's lying about it, I'll bury her myself."
"Get in line, mate." Rose said darkly. "Could she have tampered with the DNA scan at all?"
Jack shrugged a shoulder. "From my experience, no. I don't see any way she could have doctored the result it gave. But..."
"Yeah?"
"I've seen me a bit of the universe, ya know. Not as much as the Doctor I'll grant, but still more than most. And I never call anything impossible just coz I personally haven't seen it done before."
"So what do we do?" Rose demanded. "What can we do to be sure?"
"Keep an eye on her," Jack replied, "now and always. If you see anything from her that don't stack up right, you tell me. Huh?"
"I will at that." Rose agreed, frowning at the Doctor, whom was chatting amicably with Znya ahead of them. "He seems convinced, at any rate."
"And that's pretty darned odd in itself, don't you think?"
"How's that?"
"Ach, come on Rose! The man's a professional cynic if ever there was one! Does it really seem like him, to just swallow a story like this?"
Rose shook her head. "Not much."
"Right. But listen, don't go airing these suspicions to either of them. Not yet, anyway. If Znya ain't who she claims to be, then we've no way of knowing how she might react to being confronted."
"Yeah," Rose spat, "but then, if she's lying to the Doctor, then she sure as anything won't be prepared for how we'll react to that."
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