"Maybe if things went really, really wrong. I- I'm not ready to leave. Which may mean nothing in the end, but… if this works, I'll never see them again. And I can't leave it like this. Not after… he was being so… so… his old self. Like when we were kids. I can't leave him like…" -he's in pain, the Doctor can feel it through the link (and he knows it's the drums, the drums he can never hear, not even when he's there in the Master's head) and it's not right, he can't go home like that, he can't. and it says something that the Master is still allowing there, teather across time or no-
A decisive set to his mouth, and he began opening his mind to her, layer by layer. "Let's try it anyway. And anyway, if it works you'll need someone to let the rest of the park know. I'm not sure I could convince the Master to do it, if I stayed down here."
He didn't bother with any of the usual safety measures or door building to keep others out of private places but opened his mind fully, laying it bare to her for her to easily pick out whatever she needed. He reached down to touch her face to make any reciprocation she might need from him.
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Date: 2008-12-06 12:25 am (UTC)"Maybe if things went really, really wrong. I- I'm not ready to leave. Which may mean nothing in the end, but… if this works, I'll never see them again. And I can't leave it like this. Not after… he was being so… so… his old self. Like when we were kids. I can't leave him like…" -he's in pain, the Doctor can feel it through the link (and he knows it's the drums, the drums he can never hear, not even when he's there in the Master's head) and it's not right, he can't go home like that, he can't. and it says something that the Master is still allowing there, teather across time or no-
A decisive set to his mouth, and he began opening his mind to her, layer by layer. "Let's try it anyway. And anyway, if it works you'll need someone to let the rest of the park know. I'm not sure I could convince the Master to do it, if I stayed down here."
He didn't bother with any of the usual safety measures or door building to keep others out of private places but opened his mind fully, laying it bare to her for her to easily pick out whatever she needed. He reached down to touch her face to make any reciprocation she might need from him.