The Master continued the four-beat, the drums, never-ending and eternal. "I don't need to hypnotize you to gain control. To use you." he whispered.

"Closer and closer. You can hear them now, can't you?" He didn't need an answer to know that he could. "It never stops. It will never, ever stop and they are so demanding." he hissed, sounding nearly desperate.

"This constant noise." he said, looking up to meet Jack's gaze once more. "You hear it? Don't you?"