02. Study break

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[And suddenly a desk appears on the Plane. It's a large desk, covered in papers. A star chart has fallen off the edge and now lies neglected on the floor. There is a large pile of old books partially obscuring the woman furiously scribbling in a large leather bound notebook.]

Bugger all.

[She scratches something out with her pen, leaving behind a big black blotch.  This is Ace, hard at work studying.  Please feel free to interrupt - she'll welcome the distraction.]

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So it seems.

[absently, he glances over her work to try to guess the year she's in]

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[She notices his looking.]

Feeling nostalgic for your school days?

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I received one of my old datapads for Christmas from the Twins. One of the Doctors received a stab wound in his arm - and a broken hand - trying to find that out.

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[For the barest moment of time she had forgotten who this was she was talking to. The mention of the Doctor being wounded causes her hand to tighten around the book she had been holding and her eyes to narrow.]

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[the Master smiles to himself, pleased at the memory]

And after that, I broke one of his hearts. The left, I think. My wife broke the other one.