"Everyone's been saying that. No, that's not how merging is supposed to work, it's not supposed to be a bad thing, that's... that's only when it's done wrong or for the wrong reasons." It's a bit obvious that he had been obsessed with this topic, especially since someone had told him his future self had gone and failed a merge, breaking himself.

Still. He hadn't heard from that insane, colorful Doctor, so maybe he had escaped that fate.

"I was supposed to merge with our Master," he said after a few minutes, "But that's impossible... you know as well as I that he's dead. Hasn't come back at all."