'When he felt ready'? He almost asked what he young king meant by that, but thought the better of it. Instead he said, "It needn't be very complicated. But you're right; this is neither the time nor the place to discuss it in detail."
They turned down another hallway, one that ended in a dead end. There was a door very near the end of the hallway though, and it was there that Foulques led Ben. Opening the door, it was revealed to be a small storeroom, though it had long since been stripped of anything but some battered furniture; nothing useful, no reason to enter the room. Unless, of course, one was visiting its current occupant. Laid out of a pair of battered tables that had been pushed together to accommodate the rather tall man, was the unconscious form of professor Yen Sid.
"I made a point of pretending to search various rooms in this section for usable objects," he said, "so that no one might wonder why I was coming to this odd corner. Given that River Song was unaware of the Professor's state until I mentioned it, and the fact that he's remained undisturbed by any but Chell and myself, we can assume that my ploy was successful. But thankfully there will no longer be a need for it after today."
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Date: 2025-04-02 07:42 am (UTC)From:They turned down another hallway, one that ended in a dead end. There was a door very near the end of the hallway though, and it was there that Foulques led Ben. Opening the door, it was revealed to be a small storeroom, though it had long since been stripped of anything but some battered furniture; nothing useful, no reason to enter the room. Unless, of course, one was visiting its current occupant. Laid out of a pair of battered tables that had been pushed together to accommodate the rather tall man, was the unconscious form of professor Yen Sid.
"I made a point of pretending to search various rooms in this section for usable objects," he said, "so that no one might wonder why I was coming to this odd corner. Given that River Song was unaware of the Professor's state until I mentioned it, and the fact that he's remained undisturbed by any but Chell and myself, we can assume that my ploy was successful. But thankfully there will no longer be a need for it after today."