"A monster thing!" a violent headshake, "No, I was trying to hit the d-- monster." Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself, but it wasn't fear stopping her from naming it, just that they only existed in one universe, and it was really weird that they should be around, and she hasn't even had nightmares about them in years, but also if she called it a dalek, then she might have to explain what it was, and why she was half-hallucinating them, and she didn't know that he wasn't in the Doctor's universe, so that could be a disaster; all avoided by just calling it a monster instead.
But Rose beamed at the handshake and returned it cheerfully. "Rose. Rose Tyler. Sorry though, yeah?"
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But Rose beamed at the handshake and returned it cheerfully. "Rose. Rose Tyler. Sorry though, yeah?"