He hummed his agreement to the promise, tempted for a moment, by the memories of a child, to wrap an arm around the Doctor as if he could ward off what was coming.
As if he could ward off the nightmare.
"We ran first, do you remember? We ran when no one else did," he said, finding himself speaking without any real reason other than to fill up the silence. To offer something that would help his best friend and oldest enemy hold on just a little bit longer. Steal a few more moments.
Just a few.
"All through the fields of my father's land. We'd run ourselves out of breath, fall into the grass, and stare up at the stars. Point and say which one we'd go see first, that was before we knew most of their names."
He grew quiet then, a memory stilling his voice, a memory that brought an old ache into his hearts. Their first star, which was actually a binary system though they didn't know at the time, they never went there. The Master wasn't completely certain he could even remember the name.
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Date: 2011-09-26 03:01 pm (UTC)As if he could ward off the nightmare.
"We ran first, do you remember? We ran when no one else did," he said, finding himself speaking without any real reason other than to fill up the silence. To offer something that would help his best friend and oldest enemy hold on just a little bit longer. Steal a few more moments.
Just a few.
"All through the fields of my father's land. We'd run ourselves out of breath, fall into the grass, and stare up at the stars. Point and say which one we'd go see first, that was before we knew most of their names."
He grew quiet then, a memory stilling his voice, a memory that brought an old ache into his hearts. Their first star, which was actually a binary system though they didn't know at the time, they never went there. The Master wasn't completely certain he could even remember the name.