*hugs* This is one of those rare occaisons where I can feel genuinely sorry for the Master. He's a good man, in there, somewhere, I really believe he is. He's just had so many bad things happen to him that even he forgets it now and then nigh constantly. And he'd make a good father, if it weren't for all of this. Koschei's got a level head, and would look after Alex, clearly. And kudos for getting in a reference to The Christmas Invasion.