River in the Data Core: fundamentally changed and yet still fiercely her won person. I love the way your style blinks around the core as River must, but settles too, building and lifting veils. So much about the Doctor "saving" River was so hard to take; I love that you give River a way to thrive and even appreciate her life at times, even if it's still bittersweet.

perfect little fictions, real as she is. Sums it up; lines blurred between reality and fiction. How real is River?