The Doctor's smile was small and tired. He was so tired of fighting the Valeyard, fighting everything. Feeling hopeless. That was how he felt right now. Utterly hopeless.
"I won't give him anything," he assured the Master. "I'll just take the one thing of mine he controls."
The Doctor didn't mean the Master, of course. Even with how much the Valeyard controlled this place, even the Doctor didn't imagine that the Master was remotely controlled by the Valeyard. It was his life. Only his life.
"And I'm not going to let him kill you. When he finds out I'm still awake, he will kill you if he thinks it will hurt me."
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Date: 2011-12-21 01:43 am (UTC)"I won't give him anything," he assured the Master. "I'll just take the one thing of mine he controls."
The Doctor didn't mean the Master, of course. Even with how much the Valeyard controlled this place, even the Doctor didn't imagine that the Master was remotely controlled by the Valeyard. It was his life. Only his life.
"And I'm not going to let him kill you. When he finds out I'm still awake, he will kill you if he thinks it will hurt me."