Doctor Who Eighth Doctor Adventures 33 by Coldheart (Trevor Baxendale) (v1.0)

Author:Coldheart (Trevor Baxendale) (v1.0)
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with a slave, Anavolus.’ Tor Grymna’s mighty voice cracked with emotion. Tt should never have happened. . . ’ Anavolus was confused. ‘But your wife - she bore Ckeho. He was not the spawn of any slave, surely?’ ‘Perhaps not directly. But who can know what cursed infection that slave girl could have passed to me - and thence to my offspring?’ ‘Tor Grymna, this is nonsense!’ Anavolus’s voice shook with rage. ‘Whatever the cause of the mutations, it is nothing to do with you, or any impropriety. We may never know the truth. But you must not punish yourself for it.’ ‘I don’t have to,’ said Tor Grymna. ‘I am punished enough as it is.’ Later in the evening of that day, the Doctor was finally granted an audience with the Forum. He swept into the chamber with Gompassion in tow, and Brevus trying to hurry in before him as protocol would normally require. There was an odd atmosphere in the Forum chamber that the Doctor detected instantly: not exactly tension, but a definite strain. Anavolus, Tor Grymna and Old Krumm were all formally seated, their faces impassive, and the air was decidedly cool. ‘Well, you’re a sorrowful-looking bunch,’ said the Doctor. He tossed a screwed-up paper bag at Tor Grymna, who caught it instinctively. ‘Have a mint humbug.’ Tor Grymna peered into the bag with some trepidation, but the Doctor was already talking again. ‘We’ve seen the slimers, and a pretty unfriendly lot they were too. You were quite right on that score. I had a little chat with someone called Revan.’ A little chat? mouthed Compassion silently at Brevus, who shrugged nervously. ‘Revan?’ echoed Anavolus. ‘Leader of the slimers, sort of,’ explained the Doctor. ‘Not very pleasant company, I admit, and prone to unnecessary belligerence, but he does have some very valid grievances.’ ‘The slimers have been unhinged by their mutation,’ said Tor Grymna evenly. His eyes never left the Doctor. ‘Understandable, in the circumstances.’ ‘Yes, yes, yes. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that they aren’t the victims here. Revan’s intent on causing trouble for you. I’m afraid, and I can’t say I blame him.’ ‘Really?’ Tor Grymna said dryly. ‘But that’, continued the Doctor, raising a finger in emphasis, ‘is not what I’ve come to warn you about.’ ‘What have you come to warn us about?’ asked Anavolus patiently. 115

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