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Narvinektralonum ([personal profile] timesbureaucrat) wrote in [personal profile] championoftime 2012-02-09 08:27 am (UTC)

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[Narvin wasn't expecting that question. It would be easy to lie. Or to snark. But the Doctor deserves a real answer, so he seeks it in his mind.]

I don't know. I know I don't hate you for it anymore. Or you. [He says the pronoun in Gallifreyan. Plural. Future tense.] Forgiveness...

The universe and causality had to be saved. That's our sworn duty as Time Lords. That Gallifrey had to be destroyed to accomplish that...

It's not a choice I could make. I hope I never have to make one like it.

I still live in hope that perhaps Gallifrey is not wholly doomed. Perhaps Braxiatel's stolen biodata archive is still out there somewhere. Perhaps some Gallifreyans escaped the destruction.

[Then his distant, thoughtful mien vanishes and he returns to his usual sharp expression and the usual repression to hide his feelings of loss. He forgives the Doctor, but he doesn't want to appear *soft*.]

If forgiveness from me of all people is that important to you, then I suppose I can offer it. It costs me nothing.

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