It sounds like they like those sort of power plays a lot.
Without actually doing anything.
[He likes Missy, as these things go for him, and as his inmate she has his unwavering support; none of that changes or excuses the destruction wrought across lifetimes and that it seemed to be viewed acceptable as long as it didn't impact Gallifrey.]
oh, they did plenty. when i first came here we had the director of the CIA here.
keeping that weight of history in one place, keeping a power like that stable, it's an immense amount of hard work. they just couldn't let anyone see the swan's feet going like the clappers the whole time.
yes, his world is really going to take some fixing, isn't it?
when I'm with him I can nearly mistake him for Gallifreyan. his mind works the same way. and of course he's Missy's friend too. I'm so happy he's here.
it's a thing I cultivated from a very early age. a defense again being ignored and it helps a very small person with little or no backup get her own way.
actually, now i think of it, i know a lot of unarmed combat techniques specifically for smaller people up against huge bruisers. is anyone teaching you any of that?
I usually don't have to put in a lot of work into it, but there's not much of a gap.
[People see that he's small and quiet and scared of almost everything - and all of that is true. That they sometimes underestimate how far he'll go or what his powers mean doesn't change that.]
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Date: 2018-03-19 05:40 pm (UTC)I don't think most people want to be cast out, even if they want to leave.
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Date: 2018-03-19 05:45 pm (UTC)Without actually doing anything.
[He likes Missy, as these things go for him, and as his inmate she has his unwavering support; none of that changes or excuses the destruction wrought across lifetimes and that it seemed to be viewed acceptable as long as it didn't impact Gallifrey.]
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Date: 2018-03-19 05:49 pm (UTC)keeping that weight of history in one place, keeping a power like that stable, it's an immense amount of hard work. they just couldn't let anyone see the swan's feet going like the clappers the whole time.
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Date: 2018-03-19 05:52 pm (UTC)[He's talking about quite a few of the Renegades mentioned in the file.]
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Date: 2018-03-19 05:55 pm (UTC)or how they could manipulate those people into doing their dirty work without being seen to be connected.
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Date: 2018-03-19 05:57 pm (UTC)[A dry summary, of sorts.]
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:01 pm (UTC)not that I didn't help. but I did that because one or two of them were my friends and the opposition was even worse.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:03 pm (UTC)Do you have any food from there? I know that tea seems to have evolved all over but there has to have been other stuff.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:10 pm (UTC)most of their food is bland as water. I used to occasionally serve deep fried fish tongues just to piss Rassilon off, back in the day, mind you.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:12 pm (UTC)It sounds sad.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:15 pm (UTC)maybe I'll put Jedao onto it after he graduates.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:18 pm (UTC)I guess that's one thing it has.
[Not as bad as the hexarchate might be damning with very, very faint praise but he tries to be fair.]
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:24 pm (UTC)when I'm with him I can nearly mistake him for Gallifreyan. his mind works the same way. and of course he's Missy's friend too. I'm so happy he's here.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:28 pm (UTC)So am I.
[More than he should be, but that's his problem. He'll find some way to deal with it.]
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:39 pm (UTC)you know it's not because I don't like you
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:46 pm (UTC)Even though I know stuff is different here.
[It's not exactly a one way street, and he does know.]
People are a lot.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:50 pm (UTC)it's a thing I cultivated from a very early age. a defense again being ignored and it helps a very small person with little or no backup get her own way.
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:53 pm (UTC)Being ignored was always safer for me.
[Getting his own way is just completely foreign, especially if he was noticed.]
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Date: 2018-03-19 06:57 pm (UTC)Plus it's amazing what you can get away with when the distraction's loud and surprising enough. We'd've made a great thieving team.
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Date: 2018-03-20 06:06 pm (UTC)Or when people are distracted by their own expectations.
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Date: 2018-03-21 12:29 pm (UTC)i put a lot of work into being underestimated.
actually, now i think of it, i know a lot of unarmed combat techniques specifically for smaller people up against huge bruisers. is anyone teaching you any of that?
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Date: 2018-03-21 04:39 pm (UTC)[People see that he's small and quiet and scared of almost everything - and all of that is true. That they sometimes underestimate how far he'll go or what his powers mean doesn't change that.]
I don't fight much.
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