REBIRTH OF THE APOCALYPSE QUEEN: This time I choose revenge
"It's the same thing he did to Elise, to Julian, to my mother thirty years ago. He offers something that looks like a gift, and by the time you understand what he actually wants, you've already let him further into your life than you meant to."
Pixy confirmed it within the week, cross-referencing survivor accounts filtering through the trade network: the Doctor had begun appearing in person at some of the larger settlements, offering medical expertise, organizing supply distributions, speaking with the same warm, unhurried charisma Sera remembered from every uncomfortable lecture hall encounter. Where Sera's reputation had grown slowly, built on months of quiet preparation and hard-won trust