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"It's not just your face, Doctor, is it?"
"What?" I was tinkering with the dimensional stabilizer but I'd heard Nyssa's question. I just wasn't sure how to answer.
"When you regenerate, it's not just your physical being. You're a whole new person, right?"
"Nonsense," I said, looking at her to see if she believed me. "I'm always me." I wasn't exactly lying….
"But you're a different you."
"Different, but the same."
"Doctor, you're not making any sense."
"You see? Did I seem to be making sense when you met me?"
"Well, no…."
"There you go! I haven't changed a bit."