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The Doctor's mug of tea turned into a few days of study. Eventually, though, the Doctor deduced that the answer was seven, unceremoniously finishing Ly-Chee's life work. Desperate for a new challenge, Ly-Chee asked the Doctor if he had a puzzle that needed solving. The Doctor quickly came up with a [[human]] classic. "Why", the Doctor asked, "did the [[chicken]] cross the road?" | The Doctor's mug of tea turned into a few days of study. Eventually, though, the Doctor deduced that the answer was seven, unceremoniously finishing Ly-Chee's life work. Desperate for a new challenge, Ly-Chee asked the Doctor if he had a puzzle that needed solving. The Doctor quickly came up with a [[human]] classic. "Why", the Doctor asked, "did the [[chicken]] cross the road?" | ||
The question was one that had never been posed to the hermit. He put himself in deep seclusion. For an entire week, he plunged himself under a waterfall to think. | The question was one that had never been posed to the hermit. He put himself in deep seclusion. For an entire week, he plunged himself under a waterfall to think. Eventually, the Doctor broke the wise man's deliberations, unable to let him waste any more of his life with what was just a joke. "to get to the other side," came the predictable answer. | ||
[[File:Ly-CheeTravels.jpg|thumb|left|Ly-Chee travels in [[time]] and space with the [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[IHP]]: ''[[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]]'')]] | [[File:Ly-CheeTravels.jpg|thumb|left|Ly-Chee travels in [[time]] and space with the [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]]. ([[IHP]]: ''[[The Enlightenment of Ly-Chee the Wise]]'')]] | ||
Ly-Chee was so crestfallen at having yet again encountering a riddle with an incredibly simple answer that he decided to return to town and look for a "real" job. Guilty at having ruined his friend's life, the Doctor offered him a lift to town in [[the TARDIS]]. | Ly-Chee was so crestfallen at having yet again encountering a riddle with an incredibly simple answer that he decided to return to town and look for a "real" job. Guilty at having ruined his friend's life, the Doctor offered him a lift to town in [[the TARDIS]]. | ||
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