Galadan does not even have to spur them on before Regan is stepping through the door, River shifting to the side, eyes on the corridor behind them.
The Wolflord spares her a quick nod of cool approval as he passes through the doorway after Gabriel's wife, Simon a half-step behind him.
That, of course, does not last long at all as they hit the floor in Milliways. Simon is, after all, very good at his job, and the infirmary is not far away at all.
River, too, follows them a bare moment later, casting one searching glance at where Crowley would be, if he were coming.
But he isn't, and her father is dying.
There are, just this once, more important places for River to be.
When the door closes behind them, shutting with barely even a soft click--
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The Wolflord spares her a quick nod of cool approval as he passes through the doorway after Gabriel's wife, Simon a half-step behind him.
That, of course, does not last long at all as they hit the floor in Milliways. Simon is, after all, very good at his job, and the infirmary is not far away at all.
River, too, follows them a bare moment later, casting one searching glance at where Crowley would be, if he were coming.
But he isn't, and her father is dying.
There are, just this once, more important places for River to be.
When the door closes behind them, shutting with barely even a soft click--
The lights come back on.