intergalacticstarlight:

masterfulxrhythm:

He’s reading Antoine de Saint-Exupery, with what ostensibly appears to be detached curiosity.  But when he reads the passage aloud, his voice is trembling.

          “ ‘You become responsible forever for what you have tamed.’ ” 

Oh, Doctor … 

The Doctor has been watching, silently, as the Master’s eyes scan the pages of admittedly one of his favorite collections. His frame is leaning against that of the entryway, and his arms are folded across his chest, head tilted in contemplation. It’s only when the Master speaks aloud that his hearts seem to stumble for a moment, and before he can think to stop himself he’s opening his mouth and words are spilling out, voice hushed, shaking as well and seemingly breathless.

“‘You – you alone will have the stars as no one else has them…In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night…You – only you – will have stars that can laugh.’ ”

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        “Then why wasn’t I enough? Back in our earliest days.  Vanity? 
          Darkness?  Did I cling too tight? Did I just become another fence?
          Another … locked door? Tell me why I wasn’t enough then, after
          you had already tamed me.”