[There is a man in a plain back, two button suit and tie, with well polished shoes who is currently pacing in front of the statue in the town square. His close cropped brown hair is left slightly mussed as he absently runs a hand through it, muttering softly under his breath.]
This is too elaborate for him. I stopped him. So this is something else
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Doctor. Who is trying to help you this time, hm? [Which can also be taken as, who else does he have to kill to win?]
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Help? You don't really think someone is helping me by bringing both of us here, do you? Goodness, you've become surprisingly naive since I saw you last.
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Well, the last time it was your blessed Saint Martha, and I don't quite know enough of what this is to make a very educated guess. [He loses the battle not to pace and does so a few steps, then back before stopping in front of the Doctor.] Why don't you tell me, because the last time I saw you? You were in your little cage.
So, humor me, when was the last time you saw me?
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[softly] In an all-consuming fire on a lone, quiet beach. [he still remembers that funeral pyre]
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You don't sound very pleased by the fact that you seem to have won.
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I've never relished any outcome in any of our encounters over the years. This isn't any different. [a lie]
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A shame dear Martha and her family were not there to celebrate your victory with you.
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Oh, of course.
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I did get something out of you eventually that wasn't forgiveness, and it is so moving how you pull off despair.
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