Martha gagged twice, bent over. Orange slime covered her face, and some had run into her nose and mouth.<\/p>\n
“You want a towel?” the Doctor asked.<\/p>\n
“This… stuff is gross,” she said, her voice muffled as she wiped slime from her face. “I thought you said we were attending a poetry recital.”<\/p>\n
“We did. Wasn’t it wonderful?”<\/p>\n
“Wonderful?” Martha shouted. “What the hell was that, Doctor?”<\/p>\n
The Doctor wiped slime from his forehead. “I may have forgotten to mention. The Jiacones communicate visually. They use colors instead of sounds.”<\/p>\n
“One man’s poetry…”<\/p>\n
The Doctor grinned. “…is another man’s goop, exactly.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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