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[shortsightedlove]

[And the Barge is treated to the image of a wide-eyed, obviously quite terrified child, wearing what resembles gallifreyan robes.] Where am I? Are you aliens? [And somehow those eyes manage to get even wider] Did you kidnap me? [The boy swallows.] That... That's n-not a good idea, 'cause my parents will be terribly angry and they'll come after you! [Wait, it's probably not a good idea to threaten them.] And that would be bad, right? So... Why don't bring me back home? [He looks around.] Is Peylix here, too? [Peylix, help --no, no, he doesn't want Peylix to be kidnapped!] If... If so, I demand you let him go! [That last sentence is oddly self-confident. It doesn't stop him from going back to looking terrified seconds after.]

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

Hello.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

...Hello. You're...?

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

Peylix, I'm afraid.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

I... [He stares. But he'd been warned, right?] Come in. [He steps aside and opens the door fully.]

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

[He hesitates at the threshold.] You're certain?

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

[Rassilon stares at him for a bit, then nods.] If you're Peylix, it doesn't matter if you look different, right? [Though he'd really like to be able to sense him better. Apparently this place interferes with that.]

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

I don't want to push you. [But he steps inside.]

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

[Rassilon shrugs and watches him, still frowning a little.] You can't tell me what happened?

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

Trust me, the answer… won't make you feel better and can't be prevented. It's better that you do not know.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

So you don't think I can handle it? [But Peylix tells me everything!]

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

I know when our roles were reversed I found that I wished my head would explode to properly display how overwhelmed I felt. There's a lot of time between you and I.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

Reversed? I... I don't understand. And how much time?

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

I was once in the position you are in now and you were in mine. I rather lost count.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

How- Am I going to be here as well? When I'm older? And it can't be that much. Thirty years? Forty?

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

[He shakes his head.] I'm sorry, Rass.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

About what?

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

I can't answer your questions.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

Why not? An estimation is fine too, if you don't know the actual number.

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

Previously stated reasons. [Just think about how many years it would take for a Gallifreyan to lose count!]

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

Did I do that? Kept you in the dark?

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

No, that's why I was overwhelmed.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

Then why don't you do the same thing to me? I'm even asking you to.

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

Because vengeance doesn't interest me?

I wouldn't punch you in face if you asked me to either.

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[shortsghtedlove.livejournal.com]

...I -- I'm not asking you to punch me. I'm asking you to explain what is going on. Being overwhelmed can hardly be worse than not knowing, right?

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[rass-bestie.livejournal.com]

If I believed that I would have simply told you and simply because it's not an overt violent act doesn't mean it's not harmful.