Yes, well, you had free will, and look at what you did with it. Worse than that, you had history. History was saying to you, "Look, I've got some examples of fascism here for you to look at. No? Fundamentalism? No? Oh. Okay. You carry on." I had to stop you, or at least not stand in the way of someone else who wanted to. Because the guns were getting bigger, the stakes were getting higher, and any minute now, it's gonna be "Goodnight, Vienna". By the way, you never delivered that essay.
Do you have any idea how hard the past few months have been? How hard it's been to hold on to the truth? It would've been so easy to just-- to just give in and believe their lies. But I didn't. I fought against it for you! For when you came back! And now you're saying you've joined them? You're helping them? [She grabs a gun from a soldier and points it at the Doctor.]
I'm serious, Doctor. We'll think of something else. But you better tell me now. Cause-- Cause if you help the Monks, then nothing will ever stop them. They'll be here forever!
Even if that was the truth, the fact that you're suggesting it shows there's been no change. No hope, no point. We don't sacrifice because it's wrong. Because it's easy.
You know, back in the day, I burned an entire city to the ground just to see the pretty shapes the smoke made. I'm sorry your plus one doesn't get a happy ending. But like it or not, I just saved this world because I want to change. Your version of "good" is not absolute. It's vain and arrogant and sentimental. If you're waiting for me to become all that, I'm going to be here for a long time yet.
[tearfully] You remember all the people I've killed? Every day, I think of them all. Being bad… being bad. I didn't know I even knew their names. You didn't tell me about this bit.
