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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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I got the meaning of it.

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

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And what did you think?

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

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

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

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Is there a problem is realising I was wrong?

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There is a problem in letting the past control you.

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

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

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Actions are part of memories.

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But actions are also part of the future.

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

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If used properly.

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What do you mean?

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

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I try not to.

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And yet you do anyway.

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Sometimes it's unavoidable.

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Often, it is not.

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Maybe you're better at avoiding it.

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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.

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[defensive!] I'm not weaker!

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Yes, you are.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

I'm not. yes, my regenerations aren't...stable but that's all.

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You're really, really bad at them. It's obvious. Every other Time Lord can - could - control them consciously and non suffer regeneration sickness as badly as you do. It always made me wonder if there was credence to those 'half-human' rumours.