Excitement!

[keepcalmandrun]

Rose! Traffic has increased, we should go out and see what all the fuss is about. Ready for some more adventures?

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[syncopath]

[They do have the most fun.]

No thanks to you.

All that talk of 'saving' me, 'helping' me, seeing the universe together. But in the end you just stood by with your mouth hanging open and left me for dead.

[He... just may be a tad bitter]

[keepcalmandrun]

[He is not the only one, though The Doctor's Bitterness is weak with guilt and regret. He really does blame himself for it]

You were the one who refused to regenerate. All you had to do was regenerate.

[The accusatory tone dissolves with that guilt]

Why didn't you just regenerate?

[Nevermind that you're here now. He's fairly certain you are just another one of the cruel tricks this city pulls on him so routinely.]

[syncopath]

[He huffs out a disbelieving sort of laugh.]

As if this was all my fault. But if you're going to dredge up the past... Did you really expect I'd just let you keep me? Like one of your pets?

[keepcalmandrun]

You staged a hostile take over of the earth, massacred millions of people and attempted to turn the planet into your own personal weapon. I am fairly certain that yes it is at the very least partially your fault. Or did you forget that bit?

[He's such a mix of exasperated and guilt ridden he doesn't know whether to growl at you or apologize]

It wouldn't have been like that. [Except, Yes, it would have.]

[syncopath]

Massacred.

[The Master shakes his head in bewilderment.]

Why do you keep bringing up that, of all...

[He squints at the Doctor.]

When's the last time we met?

[keepcalmandrun]

[He's convinced himself The Master is just another trick being played on him by this city. It isn't the first time it has taunted him with ghosts of his past.]

You died. In my arms.

[He does, at least, sound thoroughly miserable]

[syncopath]

[The Master chuckles and shakes his head fondly. His last real victory.]

"Typical. Of course that would be how you remembered it."