[considering this is public... dusts off a neutral tone with obvious undertones of defiance]
Oh, Master?
Missing something?
[sounding quite pleased with himself now]
Yeah? No? Maybe? Anyway, Don't bother looking for it any longer... I've pitched it into the moat. Soooo, whoever you're planning on manipulating next would be entirely pointless now.
[a touch softer]
So give it a rest, would you?
There's nothing to fight here.
[a brief pause]
We're all in this together.
[hesitates to say more, but then the transmission ends.]
[[ooc: this takes place soon after the Doctor
met with Loke and right before he headed off to
meet with Romana and the Rani.]]