Doctor Who | Episteme

[eponymous_rose]

Title: Episteme
Author: eponymous_rose
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Characters: The Doctor
Spoilers: None


They ask him, sometimes, the gloating megalomaniacs or the monarchs or the querulous children, what he believes to be the greatest weapon.

"Knowledge," he says with a smile, equal parts glib and wise, and they listen to his words, learn in spite of themselves about the things they never knew; he frees them without bloodshed and they live to die by another hand. The question follows him - insistent, mocking, idle, desperate - until the word he throws back begins to lose meaning.

He stares into the void where once Gallifrey burned, and wonders if, as weapons go, compassion isn't more deadly.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Ooh that's very good !!

[wondygal.livejournal.com]

Gah, my heart! Oh, Doctor. You know, I've said this before, but you're very good at this writing business. You sure know how to pack a punch in a hundred words.

[avarill.livejournal.com]

Wow - fantastic stuff.

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

Eep!--I made that noise. Wow, do you know how to pack a wallop into 100 words. Lovely. :)

[minerva-fan.livejournal.com]

Whoa.

Good drabble, kiddo.

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

So sad. *pets the Doctor*

[infiniteviking]

Whoa. Last bit just steals the breath right out of my throat. Well done.

[flo-nelja.livejournal.com]

I love it very, very much. Breathtaking.