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[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin's in his own cabin instead of Kay's and *furious*. And speaking in Gallifreyan.]

Which one of you thought it would be funny to break into my room, go through my papers, and deface my copy of the Gallifrey constitution? ...Doctor? [The name has a Gallifreyan suffix added to indicate something in the past. In this case, he uses it to

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[timesbureaucrat]

Of course you don't. [All sarcasm.]

No idea about the scribbles in the margins in Old High Gallifreyan? No idea where the crossed out lines came from? No idea of where the ripped out pages might be?

[Narvin hasn't actually looked to see what the annotations say. (Partly because his Old High Gallifreyan is mediocre and it would take time and concentration.) He just went straight to suspecting the Doctor of vandalism.]

[championoftime]

Actually... it was me.

But it wasn't me.

I was affected. I was someone else.

[So hesitant. The Doctor's actually kind of nervous about this.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Oh. [That deflates Narvin's righteous anger. And he was so enjoying having a good reason to be furious at the other Doctor. But this new information is more important.]

I don't believe I saw you during the flood. [Said carefully. It also means "I hope you didn't see me during the flood."]

[rass_bestie]

[Oh public Time Lord bickering, Brax will be pleased.]… I could translate… if you want. [He's not going to change lovers, Narvin, but change his lover, he might do.]

[timesbureaucrat]

I'd like to try to read what I can. [Narvin wants to be better at Old High Gallifreyan; the practice will be good for him.] But if you're willing, I'd be grateful for your assistance when I run into trouble.

[rass_bestie]

I am willing.

[doctor_j_crane]

I take it there isn't another copy of this constitution in the library?

[timesbureaucrat]

I might see my way to letting you have a look.

[He has no reason not to show Braxiatel, and in fact would rather like to discuss the edits with someone who was familiar with modern Gallifreyan politics. But there's also a part of him that wants to refuse the request simply for the pleasure of denying Braxiatel access to information. He hasn't yet decided whether pettiness will prevail or not.]

[timesbureaucrat]

It's simply a matter of security. I haven't deciphered it all yet and I need to be sure that I'm not handing over sensitive information to an untrustworthy individual.

[Just because you were his boss once doesn't mean you have clearance. Though really it's just an excuse to try to meet jibe for jibe.]