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[brigadiertardis.livejournal.com]

...is there any particular reason I awoke this morning with a cheetah beside me and the Doctor nowhere to be seen?

More to the matter: why are they calling me 'Master?'

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[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[a slight scowl] I shouldn't make you endure that regardless. [he shakes his head, the scowl fading promptly] Another difference, I suppose - I may grow attached to my companions, but if they weren't useful in some way they wouldn't be there.

[softly] Yes. From what I've gathered it...doesn't seem as if our years together in Academy were any different.

[brigadiertardis.livejournal.com]

[frowns faintly, then gently touches his cheek] I know you wouldn't, Doctor. Your Tenth...he's so lonely. I can understand that. It still upsets me, however.

As for the Master, well. You failed your exams and he felt betrayed. He went out into the universe and you went back to school, passed, and left to your own life. He felt you'd abandoned him and his anger festered until it was all he could do to get you to pay attention to him. [frowns] I believe, possibly...he had wanted to save the universe, just as you always did. But his idea of saving it is to bend it to his will, and you and he have never seen eye to eye on that.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[his hand rises to cover hers] It's no excuse.

[his brow furrows, slightly, as he nods] I see. I suppose he and Koschei simply went in rather opposite directions, after...I left him.

[brigadiertardis.livejournal.com]

[holds his hand in hers, as well]

It is. I should like to think you chose the truer path, though.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

I believe I did, even if he disagrees - any of him.

[brigadiertardis.livejournal.com]

[smiles kindly at him and, well, leans in to give him a kiss on the cheek, patting it lightly afterward] I am glad of your choice. Moreso than I think you realise.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[he ducks his head slightly, grinning at her like the boy he was; yes, he can still remember that smile, and how to use it]

We saved each other.

[brigadiertardis.livejournal.com]

We did, didn't we? Though I'd not have had the chance had you not seen some worth in me, first. I must say, being stolen was the single greatest moment of my long life.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

And mine! I always was more insightful than the rest.

[brigadiertardis.livejournal.com]

[laughs] Your test scores be damned, Doctor?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[rakish grin]

Hardly important.

[brigadiertardis.livejournal.com]

[grins, as well, and simply takes his hand. because she likes being with her Doctor. she really, really does]