As much as I strongly dislike it, sometimes we're left with so few options. Especially here. Under normal circumstances, I'd have encouraged you to run or find something else - anything else, to do instead. But this is far from a normal predicament. There's nowhere to run to, no way to really avoid what is most likely the inevitable. All I can ask of you is that if you must take a life, it has to be absolutely necessary. Only if you or others are in danger otherwise. There are ways to stop an army without killing anyone, though I don't know if you'll have the luxury of such choices out there or not.
[He looks out into the distance for a moment, scrutinizing it in a way, before returning his gaze to her.]
Many, many years ago, I could have stopped the Time War before it even started. But I didn't. Thought I'd had it all figured out. I just needed to touch two wires together, and then Davros would have died, along with his first Daleks. I was a bare inch away from it, but I stopped. I could see the shape of the possible timelines to come, but I didn't want blood on my hands, I thought I was better than that. I thought I'd done the right thing. But in the end, two civilizations died instead of just one. Two whole worlds wound up collapsing for the sake of the universe. Sometimes our own principles, our prejudices, have to be set aside for the sake of all others around us. This notion of yours, this attachment, this love for everyone here at this place and your desire to do everything in your power to protect them... That's not how any old mindless soldier thinks, Jenny. [He affectionately, brushes strands of hair away from her face..] That's thinking like a Time Lord.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
[Action]
Date: 2010-03-13 09:38 pm (UTC)As much as I strongly dislike it, sometimes we're left with so few options. Especially here. Under normal circumstances, I'd have encouraged you to run or find something else - anything else, to do instead. But this is far from a normal predicament. There's nowhere to run to, no way to really avoid what is most likely the inevitable. All I can ask of you is that if you must take a life, it has to be absolutely necessary. Only if you or others are in danger otherwise. There are ways to stop an army without killing anyone, though I don't know if you'll have the luxury of such choices out there or not.
[He looks out into the distance for a moment, scrutinizing it in a way, before returning his gaze to her.]
Many, many years ago, I could have stopped the Time War before it even started. But I didn't. Thought I'd had it all figured out. I just needed to touch two wires together, and then Davros would have died, along with his first Daleks. I was a bare inch away from it, but I stopped. I could see the shape of the possible timelines to come, but I didn't want blood on my hands, I thought I was better than that. I thought I'd done the right thing. But in the end, two civilizations died instead of just one. Two whole worlds wound up collapsing for the sake of the universe. Sometimes our own principles, our prejudices, have to be set aside for the sake of all others around us. This notion of yours, this attachment, this love for everyone here at this place and your desire to do everything in your power to protect them... That's not how any old mindless soldier thinks, Jenny. [He affectionately, brushes strands of hair away from her face..] That's thinking like a Time Lord.