"There are a lot of ironies in life," Mara said quietly. She didn't know anything about Lakota medicine, so she didn't pitch in on that, saying only, "If they suddenly found that their lands had a coastline, how would they change what they do?"

"Sally is a nickname. From Nightmare Before Christmas. I didn't know what to call her. She doesn't talk. We've only gotten her to react some so far, but it's fast progress considering. And she's...still catatonic. Just a little less so."

She shrugged a little when the Tardis was brought up. "His ship has a soul. She's actually really nice, although for somebody with no shields it was like being sat on by an elephant who thought it was a lap dog."