He grinned back at her "one more for me to break" comment, but only long enough for Urd to notice he dropped it immediately afterward. The Master never felt great when his hearts hurt but even the playful flirtations by the goddess left him aching inside.
Now, the aching hurt even more when the politics of the Time Lords came into the conversation. He was in no mood to discuss the likes of them, but he also wasn't in the position to deny Urd who had just saved him from an unknown fate. "That's just like them. The whole of time and space is their child, and they're meant to be seen but not heard. They oversee everything that happens, make sure nothing goes wrong, and duck away with nothing to show for it," he explained as though the very idea of it turned his insides into a monkey's fist.
"I was meant to be different though. They had purposefully made me to be a one-size-fits-all solution. I was to be the greatest warrior the Time Lords had ever seen. Meant to fight races like Daleks and Cybermen and conquest them all until I expired. But I never did. I made sure I never had to. While ones like The Doctor meddled, I was forced to find purpose in my own life. I was forced to divert my powers to keeping myself together. And now," a brief chuckle interrupted him, "Now, I have trouble even gathering myself."
A small flash occurred again. It didn't hurt him, didn't change his expression, but his downward glance was made all the more honest by the empty look of his bared skull.
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Now, the aching hurt even more when the politics of the Time Lords came into the conversation. He was in no mood to discuss the likes of them, but he also wasn't in the position to deny Urd who had just saved him from an unknown fate. "That's just like them. The whole of time and space is their child, and they're meant to be seen but not heard. They oversee everything that happens, make sure nothing goes wrong, and duck away with nothing to show for it," he explained as though the very idea of it turned his insides into a monkey's fist.
"I was meant to be different though. They had purposefully made me to be a one-size-fits-all solution. I was to be the greatest warrior the Time Lords had ever seen. Meant to fight races like Daleks and Cybermen and conquest them all until I expired. But I never did. I made sure I never had to. While ones like The Doctor meddled, I was forced to find purpose in my own life. I was forced to divert my powers to keeping myself together. And now," a brief chuckle interrupted him, "Now, I have trouble even gathering myself."
A small flash occurred again. It didn't hurt him, didn't change his expression, but his downward glance was made all the more honest by the empty look of his bared skull.