Ten Lessons You've Learned

[thecricketer]

I'm learning things all the time. Grand things, little things, wonderful things, horrible things. If, however, I'm to limit myself to ten, I suppose I'll limit myself to this life as well.

• Do not trust wise old men with long white beards who give you drugs.
  
  • Or men with anagrammed names.
    
  • Or men with dodgy accents that no one else seems to notice.
    
  • Do, however, trust your oldest enemy when he claims he's trying to help.
    
  • I really should have apologised, before it was too late
• Do not question Tegan's footwear.
  
  • Or her brightly coloured tops.
    
  • Or her sense of adventure.
    
  • In fact, don't question anyone's sense of adventure, they always have a scathing retort.
    
  • Hypothermia indeed.
• Some faces simply don't look good with facial hair.
  
  • He always seems to pull it off.
    
  • Is it because he's evil?
    
  • No, that's just silly.
• Leave after the cricket.
  
  • Especially if there's a dance after.
    
  • You don't like dances.
    
  • Well, in general you don't.
    
  • Dancing with Nyssa might have been nice.
• Don't try to get Turlough out of his uniform.
  
  • That sounded rather suggestive, didn't it.
    
  • My point, you see, is that he could stand to have some variation.
    
  • No, I do not think I'm a hypocrite, thank you.
• Do not underestimate the power of a hat rack.
  
  • I was always quite fond of that hat rack.
    
  • I was always quite fond of the one who wielded it, too.
    
  • Both seem to have paid off nicely.
• Do not condescend to Nyssa. She will notice, and she will refute you.
  
  • Well, that, or she'll admit that isn't her field and make you feel rather guilty.
    
  • She's very good at that, doesn't have to say a word.
    
  • I hope she didn't pick that up from me. Perhaps it was the other way round.
    
  • I still miss her.
• Accept that your childhood idols will eventually have their pedestals ground to dust.
  
  • I still can't quite believe I shot Omega.
    
  • I'm lucky Rassilon stayed dead, really.
    
  • More or less.
    
  • I still wonder about Borusa, sometimes.
• Every encounter with the Silurians will end in frustration, guilt, and loss.
  
  • I do try to be diplomatic, you know. I always try.
    
  • There should have been another way.
• Sometimes, there is no other way.
  

Yes. Yes, that's it, then.