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[didorothy]

[sets down various weapons as stolen from Minato's under-the-bed armory. It is worth noting that he's chosen to relax at the bar, and that there is an opened bottle of whisky on the counter]

House fire in Kingston upon Hull, six-year-old boy dead. It's considered an accident.

Ethics in altering the past you know as a fact while back in time: discuss.

[drinks from his glass of whisky]

Or don't.

[and another drink!]

A word, Guv.

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[didorothy]

How do you do it?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[a grim smile]

It's something Time Lords are taught to do. Mind, we're not supposed to care much at all, really, that makes it a bit more difficult.

[didorothy]

You don't seem like you're the sort to pay attention to that sort of lesson. None of you.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[softly]

I didn't want to - but when the fabric of Time and Space hangs in the balance, well. You make...sacrifices.

[didorothy]

So, what do you do? Never interfere? Or just avoid learning as much as you can so you don't change anything you know for a fact?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[chuckle]

I'm careful about how and when I interfere. It's all very complicated, but a Time Lord has a sense for these things. There are some hard rules - don't interfere in your own time line, for one - but many are...bendable, if you know what you're doing.

[didorothy]

Hm. I guess that option's not available for us lesser beings, though.

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[he shakes his head]

Not lesser, Sam.

[sets the drink down]

But you're right. If you want to meddle in time, you'd want a Time Lord with you.

[didorothy]

[laughs a little, a distinctly bitter tone to it, as if he expects 'no' for an answer] Is that an offer?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[raises his eyebrows]

Yes, actually.

[didorothy]

...Oh. Thank you.

Do you have any idea how we could go about it?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[he grows pensive, fingers lightly tapping the bar]

Your situation is unique - the very fact that the time line hasn't yet collapsed means that your presence was predetermined. Of course, if your mind dictates, in some part, the world you're in...

It's possible you're starting a new time line altogether.

[didorothy]

Is starting a new time line a bad thing?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

Not always. Some...are infected, and need to be cauterised. Generally, those that don't occur naturally.

Others simply stabilise and keep on.

[didorothy]

Then I might be able to change things?

[miseardae.livejournal.com]

[a slight nod]

Yes.

Sam. What have you changed already?

[didorothy]

[a pause]

As far as I know? I... stopped Vic Tyler from beating Annie Cartwright to death in the woods. I, uh, put Tony Crane away thirty years early and saved Eve's - his wife's - life that way. I hope. And, uh... There was a man. Edward Cramer. I think he was meant to get put away in a mental institution, but I had him sent to prison instead.