[Private to the Admiral]

[capn_jack_h]

I was just wondering.

You said you saw everything, right? And you intervened here to keep the Inmates from going out of control. So if you've been watching this entire time, why didn't you intervene any of the other times when the Inmates did go seriously out of control? Like when Tony couldn't control Elle and she ended up torturing Libby and

Comments

Private to Jack Harkness

[bargemods]

I did not intervene, here, and stop the riot. The riot died of its own accord.

The proper action was taken with Elle Bishop after the incident with Libby. Her Warden, having failed to do his job properly, requested a transfer to place her in more capable hands.

The lot of you must learn eventually that sometimes the best thing you can do for these people is to either ask for help or hand them off to the better equipped.

Do you think you would have been able to reform the Master?

[capn_jack_h]

He failed multiple times. Multiple people got hurt before that intervention.

That was exactly what I proposed at the time. I was ignored. By you.

No. I don't think the Master can be reformed. I think he's happy the way he is, and he's got no motivation to ever be otherwise.

[bargemods]

Which is why it was best that in the end you did not remain his Warden.

And you had the right idea when you made the request. Tony Foster had to do it himself, however.

[capn_jack_h]

I never objected to that. I was just an interim to keep him in line. I don't think anyone ever expected me to actually reform him. And honestly I still don't think anyone ever will.

What's the point in being a Warden, then, if we can't do anything when things go out of control? What are we supposed to do when the Warden AND the Inmate are out of control? Or, say, sleeping together?