Chapter 7
After a conversation with Alistair on the phone Dorian was told that they'd be a few days but promised to not have them waiting long. "You're just going to have to sit tight for now Sir" Dorian told the time lord.
"Thank you Dorian. I do have a terrible lack of patience though." The Doctor responded.
"Really now Doctor, how so?" Dorian asked.
"Well at least in this life my personality just has no patience at all. Yes I'm a time lord and lived a terribly long life, but age teaches one nothing." The doctor explained
"Why does the issue come up Sir?" He asked.
"Well its just that I now have nothing to keep me busy while waiting for the bounty hunters to arrive and discuss business. Do you have any suggestions?"
"I'm not sure if I'm the best one to ask considering I'm a soldier and my career occupies much of my time." Dorian said.
"Nonsense! You're talking to me of all people, the one with the least free time of anyone."
Dorian thought for a moment and then came up with something.
"Well maybe you could write something, like your thoughts or a letter to someone you know."
"I guess that may work but still what would I write?" The Doctor asked.
"Well that's up to you I suppose" Dorian said
Later that evening, Corin was shocked when she found the Doctor busy at work writing something. She looked at Dorian for an explanation and he simply stated "I told him to do it to keep busy; I didn't think he'd get this carried away."
Later that evening when the Doctor was once again drugged up from the pain medication, Dorian took a look at what the Doctor wrote. Though he was disappointed when he discovered that all the Doctor's manuscripts were in Galifreyan. "I suppose it's a way to keep it secret" Dorian mumbled to himself.
As Dorian was making an attempt to read the Galifreyan manuscripts, the Doctor experienced one of his most piercing of dreams. He was nine and was with Koschei who at the time eleven. It was when they were just boys still at the academy.
They were minding their own business when suddenly a star wolf came charging at Theta. Rather than let Theta take the blow, Koschei took the blow instead. When Theta looked down at his fallen comrade, he saw that there was no hope of survival and decided to hold onto his best friend until he died. Though Koschei had different plans. Ones that had him regenerating and living a new life.
Theta refused to let go though and held onto his friend as he regenerated. Something no time lord is ever supposed to do. It is said that souls bond and become one when another time lord holds onto another when they regenerate. After that day, the two time lords lives were never the same.