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Hally had to stop herself from hitting The Master's hands away as he gently rested his fingers on her temples, the blindfold covering her eyes blocking out the orange light of the suns. She felt The Master's presence gently nudge at her mental barriers. Alarm jolted through Hally and she threw all her effort into strengthening her blockage against him.

"I need you to trust me…" The Master whispered, effort clear in his voice. "I need to show you something." Hally frowned and instinctively placed her hands over The Master's, ready to rip his hands away should he delve anywhere she didn't want him.

Slowly Hally's brow relaxed and she held back the wall surrounding her mind to allow The Master in. Everything was quiet for a moment; The Master was quiet and still in her mind as if showing her that he wouldn't harm her.

"Now what?" Hally thought, knowing The Master would be able to hear her now that she had allowed him into her mind. She heard him chuckle in her head, as he did Hally heard the faint beating of his hearts as she had done before…

She frowned, the noise didn't sound like a heartbeat anymore, it was tangible, like a drum or a knock. Before she could dwell on the faint noise The Master's thoughts interrupted her own.

"You are going to expand your consciousness to the room around you. Your telekinetic power allows you to move and control objects. To hone that power, you must first learn how to connect yourself to and feel those objects around you." Hally wasn't sure what he meant, but she tried to concentrate on imagining the room they were standing in.

"Mmm, that'll do. The table underneath that window, I want you to lift it." The Master gestured, waiting.

Hally concentrated trying to imagine the table rising, slowly and effortlessly it did. She heard The Master sigh.

"Lift it in the outside world. Idiot." She scowled and surged her consciousness forward, bumping into his painfully.

"I don't know how!" The Master nudged her consciousness back, irritated.

"Feel the world around you! Pay attention to it!"

Hally bit her lip and tried to do as The Master had told her, she tried to imagine that she was extending her mind like a blanket over the room, she concentrated most of all on the table. Slowly but surely, she began to feel a heaviness to the table, a link from her mind to the outside world. Hally could feel the stretch in her mind as she willed the table to rise, it felt heavy. Hally felt a small spark of fear that whatever link she'd created would suddenly snap and rebound onto her.

"Slowly…" The Master's voice echoed in her mind. Hally slowly pulled on the link, willing harder for the table to rise. After a few moments, the table groaned and began to hover shakily above the ground.

The Master's presence in her mind retreated and she felt the blindfold being removed, "Now open your eyes." Hally did so and looked over towards the floating table, she grinned back at The Master.

"It worked!" She laughed happily, The Master didn't look too impressed.

"Barely. Do it again."

Hally sighed softly, closing her eyes once more.

The lesson continued this way for what felt like hours, The Master repeatedly had Hally levitate the table until she could feel and lift it with only a few seconds concentration. Only once he'd been satisfied that she was making progress did he allow her to rest.

Hally sat herself down on the dusty floor, exhausted. Her head was pounding with fatigue and she was starving.

"Are we done now? I think I'm going to die…" She groaned softly, holding her head in her hands.

The Master rolled his eyes, reaching into his robe and passing her a small bottle of water, "Drink that and stop moaning. You did well, but you need to keep practising. This." He poked her forehead, "Is a muscle. Currently a very weak one." He looked at her disapprovingly.

Hally shrugged, taking the water and lifting the bottle up to her lips for a few desperate gulps. "Thank you for the encouragement." She smirked mockingly.

"I will ensure that you can use this room whenever you wish. No-one will disturb you up here." The Master explained, taking back the water. "Eventually you will be able to move any object at will… and then we shall see about externalising this force, exploring its physical capabilities…" The Master had started pacing and Hally got the impression that he was mainly talking to himself.

Hally nodded slowly and the two fell into silence, Hally closed her eyes, trying to soothe her aching head. She frowned, remembering the noise she had heard when The Master had been inside her mind.

"What was that noise? I've heard it before, last week when you… cornered me." Hally started, "The tapping, of four?" Hally looked up to The Master, a look of confusion on her face.

The Master's face contorted into one of anger and Hally was sure that he was about to shout a retort back at her when suddenly he relaxed and his face fell into an expression cool indifference.

"The drums. They've called to me since I was a child." He said matter-of-factly. "Ever since I stood in front of the untempered schism." His eyes had narrowed slightly as if he were challenging her to question him.

"That'd drive me crazy…" She muttered quietly, looking up at him apologetically.

He smirked at her, "Currently my irritation at you has quietened the drums. I think perhaps you will drive me crazy before they do." He was mocking her and Hally sighed, deciding that she was too tired to deal with his teasing at the present moment, she got to her feet, trying to brush off some of the dust that had settled on her as she'd sat.

"Well, can I go now?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

The Master laughed at her defensive stance, "Of course, I know you must be itching to get back to your usual evening plans." He smirked knowingly, "Why the daughter of The Doctor, one of the founding members of The Deca, I'm genuinely surprised your peers aren't falling over themselves to be seen with you." His eyes glinted with malicious laughter.

Hally gritted her teeth, "Why do you have to be such a-…Urgh!" Hally shouted in exasperation. "Stop mocking me." The Master opened his mouth to respond but Hally cut him off. "No! No, because it's not my fault that none of them want anything to do with me! It's not my fault that my mother hates me and 'your friend', The Doctor is totally indifferent towards my existence! I never did anything to hurt them! To disappoint them! So, don't you dare start mocking me and holding that against me because I hardly see people lining up to associate themselves with you!" Hally was fuming. The Master's comment had sparked something inside of her which had ignited a flame of anger and Hally had had enough, he had been prodding at her patience all day and Hally had finally felt herself snap as her frustration broke to the surface. Hally's skin was tinted red, her hands curled into fists as she faced The Master.

But he wasn't even looking at her anymore, he was looking up at the glass ceiling of the observatory, intrigued.

Hally slowed her breathing and looked up, following his gaze. The ceiling above them was visibly shaking, a pained rattling sounds reverberating through the glass. Hally frowned, her temper residing as she became more engrossed in the ceiling. Slowly, she watched as the shaking stopped, small light cracks were visible inside the once perfect glass.

"What was that?" She frowned, looking back at The Master who was smiling.

"That was you." He replied, looking at her in a way that Hally suspiciously thought might be pride.

"I don't need them and neither do you. The Doctor is a fool for brushing you aside." He moved towards her, curling his hand gently to rest on her neck.

"You are exquisite, you are better than them all." He whispered softly, a small smile pulling at his mouth.