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[The Master does not exactly look as if he's in the best of states. His normally immacuate shirt is stained with blood, a smear of it dried on his cheek. But it isn't his. His eyes are tired and he looks clearly worn down, exhausted.

Defeated.

Even his voice is hoarse when he speaks.]A public service announcement to whoever is friends with the

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[capuletnomore]

[Juliet looks horrified for a moment. The Doctor, Lord Saxon's dear Doctor, dead? Her heart goes out to both of them. More death. More useless death.]

Lord Saxon.... My condolences. What may I do to help you?

[And then the rest of his words sink in, and her gaze hardens for a moment.]

Should anyone be so callous as to blame you for this, I shall have words with them.

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It's quite alright, Juliet. Whatever opinions are held about me aren't going to be changed anytime soon, nor do I care about them.

[He rubs at his eyes, looking utterly deflated.]

Thank you for the concern. To answer your question, there isn't much that can be done. All I have to do is wait.

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[capuletnomore]

Those who hold such opinions may hold their tongues as well. You may not care about their words, Lord Saxon, but to hear them is not something you need right now.

I will respectfully disagree. There is much that can be done. To wait is only a part of it.

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[That Juliet is so willing to stick up for him does lighten his hearts just a little.]

What else, then, is there?

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[capuletnomore]

You must clean up, to begin. And make certain both you and he are safe. And you must eat, and rest, and keep your friends close to hand. If Lords of Time pray, then you must do that as well. If you do not have such a tradition, I shall be certain to include you both in my own prayers.

Are you at home, Lord Saxon? You and the Doctor?

[She will not, will not refer to the man as a body. Not when he'll come back. Not when it might upset Lord Saxon further.]

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...clean up. I suppose that ought to be done. I don't much feel like sitting around in his blood, and I don't need to hear him complain about waking up in it either. As for prayers, though, we have none. I have none, especially. I'm a bit of a nihilist, really.

Yes, we're at home.

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[capuletnomore]

[She doesn't know the word 'nihilist', but the Latin in it gives her an idea of what he means.]

I shall pray for all of us, then.

Would you mind company? I will help you to clean, and to tend what needs tending.

[Unlike with Lady Raphael, here, Juliet can do something for her friends. If he allows her to. Even if he doesn't, there are measures she can take.]

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[soundsofdrums]

[Instinctively he wants to merely spurn her. Mope on his own, take care of this business by himself and shut everyone else out. But he's so tired and so vulnerable, he can't quite keep this up by himself.]

You would come by even if I said no, wouldn't you, Juliet?

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[capuletnomore]

I would not do something if you expressly forbade it, Lord Saxon. But you would likely find something on your doorstep from me, were I not allowed to visit.

[In other words, "yes." And that slight movement of the picture is her rising to get her cloak.]

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[Anyone else he would deny. But Juliet...]

It's fine, then. I will get the two of us cleaned up a little before you get here.

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[capuletnomore]

I shall see you in a little while.

[She gives him a smile as she ends the feed and gathers a few things into her usual carrying basket. It isn't long before she's knocking on the door, only slightly out of breath, bundled up in her cloak.]

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[soundsofdrums]

[He has enough time to strip the Doctor, clean the blood off of him, and dress him in pajamas before she gets there. The wounds still look bad, but they're healing despite the lifelessless of the man. The Master's still in his bloodstained shirt, however, when he hears the knock downstairs. Whatever. He pulls the blankets up to the Doctor's shoulders before going to answer the door.]

Juliet. Apologies, I've yet to clean up myself.

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[capuletnomore]

There is no need to apologize, Lord Saxon.

[She looks over the shirt carefully. He hasn't acted injured at all, but....]

Have you any wounds which need dressing?

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No. I killed the creature right away, after--well. After it got the jump on the Doctor.

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[capuletnomore]

[After it got the jump on.... He'd had to watch some wild beast kill his dearest one? She can't even imagine witnessing such a thing. She wraps her arms around him without a second thought.]

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[soundsofdrums]

[This is...odd. No one hugs him. No one outside of the Doctor has honestly hugged him in longer than he can remember. A little awkwardly, he returns it.]