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ROMANA: You made me this way, do you know that? I tried quashing the memories, resisting the darkness that's always been in my head. A darkness that you and your kind put there over those twenty years. Everything I have done since, can be traced back to what you did then. But I'm better than the Daleks. I rose above it all for the sake of Gallifrey, for the sake of my office. Except here and now, on a world that isn't mine, in a universe that isn't mine. All I have to do is ram this tazer into your circuitry, channel its power through your armour, and I'm sorry to tell you, through your weak and feeble flesh. You're the final component, Dalek. It's over. And I think after all you've done, I have the right. Exterminate.

— Romana II, Extermination

ROMANA: What is my name, Dalek? Tell me!

DALEK: You... are...

ROMANA: Yes?

DALEK: You are... Unit 117.

ROMANA: As I thought. And that's where you've made your last mistake, Dalek. Because I am not Unit 117. I am not your property. I am not your prisoner. I am the Lady Romanadvoratrelundar, I am the President of the High Council of Time Lords and I will happily end your pathetic little life without a moment's hesitation.

DALEK: You are Unit 117.

ROMANA: No.

DALEK: You will accompany us back to the Axis.

ROMANA: Didn't you hear me? I said no.

DALEK: Your friends will be exterminated.

ROMANA: No!

DALEK: Explain.

ROMANA: Because this is where it ends. You and I, at point blank range.

ROMANA: I look out at the sky; those lilac clouds and crimson sunset, and I wonder if it's the last time I'll ever see a sight like that. A simple, honest sunset over Gallifrey. Look at it. You would have no idea it wasn't our home.

LEELA: I have a plan.

NARVIN: You do?

LEELA: Yes! I thought that was why you were all following me.

LEELA: You? You are still here?

NARVIN: I am. Are you.. are you alright?

LEELA: I am... surprised.

NARVIN: Pleased as well, I hope.

LEELA: You are not the man you used to be, Narvin. That pleases me more than anything.

NARVIN: Leela, please! I'm begging you. I can't regenerate ever again and I don't want to die.

LEELA: There is nothing to fear in death. One story ends and another takes its place, and if our story is to end today, so be it. Go if you must, but I will stand alongside Romana against our foe. I shall not watch you flee.

NARVIN: Don't do this, Leela. Please. Don't turn your back on me.

DALEK: Identity confirmed. You are Irving Braxiatel.

BRAX: Irving?

LEELA: It is good to see you again, Romana.

ROMANA: You too, Leela! Both of you. Commander, this is Leela, a friend of mine. My best friend.

LEELA: It is not what a warrior does. I will not let the Daleks kill our friends, and I will not desert them now. If there is blood to be shed then I shall be amongst it. Run if you choose to Narvin, but you will not find me standing by your side.

NARVIN: I'll drag you with me if I have to.

LEELA: I would like to see you try!

LEELA: We shall wait for her.

NARVIN: We can't, Leela, really. Not this time. The doors are closing. We don't have time.

LEELA: I shall wait then.

NARVIN: Ugh, I can't keep up with your shifting allegiance to her.

LEELA: It is not al-ee-janz. That is a word of a politician. We may not always agree and see eye to eye, but Romana has always been my friend. When she needs me as she does now, I will support her without question. That will never change.