Yeah I definitely didn't predict the copy thing. I wonder how she is even going to be able to leave though because the lake doesn't want her too. Looking forward to next chapter.

I am confused and also exceedingly excited to have that confusion resolved! Can’t wait for the next one :))

Italo Calvino “Invisible Cities” (1972)
Translated from the original Spanish

The ancients built Valdrada on the shores of a lake, with houses all verandas one above the other, and high streets whose railed parapets look out over the water. Thus the traveler, arriving, sees two cities: one erect above the lake, and the other reflected, upside down. Nothing exists or happens in the one Valdrada that the other Valdrada does not repeat, because the city was so constructed that its every point would be reflected in its mirror, and the Valdrada down in the water contains not only all the flutings and juttings of the facades that rise above the lake, but also the rooms’ interiors with ceilings and floors, the perspective of the halls, the mirrors of the wardrobes.

Valdrada’s inhabitants know that each of their actions is, at once, that action and its mirror-image, which possesses the special dignity of images, and this awareness prevents them from succumbing for a single moment to chance and forgetfulness. Even when lovers twist their naked bodies, skin against skin, seeking the position that will give one the most pleasure in the other, even when murderers plunge the knife into the black veins of the neck and more clotted blood pours out the more they press the blade that slips between the tendons, it is not so much their copulating or murdering that matters as the copulating or murdering of the images, limpid and cold in the mirror.

At time the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it. Not everything that seems valuable above the mirror maintains its force when mirrored. The twin cities are not equal, because nothing that exists or happens in Valdrada is symmetrical: every face and gesture is answered, from the mirror, by a face and gesture inverted, point by point. The two Valdradas live for each other, their eyes interlocked; but there is no love between them.

I definitely dont get it but I want to read more. Cant wait for next chapter.

Yes, now the finale!

Is she some kind of copy? A gift for the Doctor?

I am confused. Which means I look forward even more to the next chapter! Lovely, as always. ;)

Wow. I don't know how I'd feel if I were him. But he seems happy with the knowledge so maybe I'm missing a puzzle piece to where he can have his happily ever after.

The Doctor has his "happy ever after" but, after so much pain and loss, it's a mirage that he's happy to live with. The cat better be ok :-) Have I mentioned I'm not too fond of cliffhangers? Very much looking forward to the next chapter.

I love your story! It's a new idea I haven't heard of and it really is quite fantastic. I'm looking forward to the next story!
-Owlqueen08

Oh man, things are never that easy... I don't imagine the planet is just going to let them go... Can't wait to see what happens next!

So excited we are learning more about this mystery. I wonder what is going on with the rain. Great job as always!

You had me from “reveals.” Goodness, I love this story. It’s really, really brilliant!

Oh, I love it, and I love the way you’ve characterised Twelve! Keep it going!

gods i love this story so much plz plz plz update again soon!