He sidles closer. Stops. Closer. Closer still. The Master,
clad in black, hair a short shock of platinum, goatee trim and
small, eyes wide angry collapsed stars of instant comprehension.
He would know a change in the Doctor from the other side of
the universe. He would sense it, a ripple of apprehension and
nausea and free-fall.
Gently, so tenderly, a hand cups the aging face of the Twelfth
Doctor. The other hand snatches off those sunglasses. The
Master swallows back a gasp.
He’s weeping already, very, very quietly. Finally, three
curtly urgent words:
When I am done with them, there will be neither priest, prince or
pauper left to tell the tale of their cut and scattered remains.
You are mine to break, mine to prosper, mine mine mine!!!!!