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[seated in an ornate armchair, speaking in fluent, articulate, and rather pleasant-to-the-ears Gallifreyan]

It's actually a bit disgusting, hearing you lot speak Gallifreyan so primitively. Like chanting off - no, that metaphor's incomprehensible without a background in high mathematics. Fine. Like writing Calculus and finding everyone else doing basic algebra.

[then he changes to Russian - less articulate, of course, but he's comfortable with the language]

This one, though, this one's a bit ironic. Look at me, the Master, the deathless, blathering on in Russian. Haven't been in ages, should probably go back and put a few more legends into the locals.

[sips from his wine, and slips back into Gallifreyan]

At least the people of the city still understand me.

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Too bad; you only get the one.

Isn't it? You used to hate Gallifrey. Shun it for everything it did. Not that I can blame you - just think of those meddling idiots, those stuffed up fools who didn't understand a thing about the universe, for all their studies. Now that it's gone, you cling to the remnants as best you can.

I never said I missed them. I just...they shouldn't be gone in the first place and that's my fault.

Anyway, haven't heard that saying, have you?Don't know what you have until it's gone. Well, something like that. I guess the wording isn't important right now anyway.

I got the meaning of it.

[gives a sort of mental nod] After the war, I just sort of...had a lot of time to think about everything.

And what did you think?

I thought about everything that was gone...things I'd lost. Or missed.

Regret. [there's a great deal of scorn in that word]

Is there a problem is realising I was wrong?

There is a problem in letting the past control you.

A man is the sum of his memories. A Time Lord especially.

A man is the sum of his actions, though Time Lords never seemed to realise that.

Actions are part of memories.

But actions are also part of the future.

Memories are also part of the future. Least for Time Lords.

If used properly.

What do you mean?

I mean you have an aggravating tendancy to let yourself be bound in the past.

I try not to.

And yet you do anyway.

Sometimes it's unavoidable.

Often, it is not.

Maybe you're better at avoiding it.

Or maybe you're worse. The fact that I can control my regenerations like other Time Lords doesn't imply I've a strength in them; it implies you have a weakness.

[defensive!] I'm not weaker!

Yes, you are.