He watched him for a few long seconds, before reaching out in order to straighten the Doctor up on the bed. It was an oddly caring gesture, of course, but many things he had found himself prone to doing as of late in regards to the other Time Lord were considered odd by some definition or the other.
"I will, Doctor," said the Master, and remembered at once when he had used his own satellites against him, how the chanting from the throngs of people on earth had risen up like a cresting wave. Perhaps a part of him foolishly hoped that saying the name would dispel the monster waiting to awaken inside the Doctor, who grew weaker with each passing second.
"Besides, one of us has to set all of this right. I'm the only one who gets the pleasure of destroying you once and for all, you know that." It was said with something of a smirk coming to his lips, even a glint of humor in his eyes, that usually would not be there.
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Date: 2011-09-21 03:42 pm (UTC)"I will, Doctor," said the Master, and remembered at once when he had used his own satellites against him, how the chanting from the throngs of people on earth had risen up like a cresting wave. Perhaps a part of him foolishly hoped that saying the name would dispel the monster waiting to awaken inside the Doctor, who grew weaker with each passing second.
"Besides, one of us has to set all of this right. I'm the only one who gets the pleasure of destroying you once and for all, you know that." It was said with something of a smirk coming to his lips, even a glint of humor in his eyes, that usually would not be there.