"Why?" Rei said, a sudden paranoid edge to his voice. "It's just a broken watch."
The watches weren't supposed to be touched by people that weren't the Guardians. While the power to travel through time was found in the three themselves, not the watches, it was still dangerous. The watches helped find places to slip through time, and if a mortal found such a place, they could travel. Rei only let a select few people, people he trusted not to be seduced by the lure of time travel, touch and hold the watch.
Although, here, it really was just a broken watch. He'd been unable to make it work. It was severed from it's home universe and was pretty much just a fashion accessory now. Why not let the Doctor see it?
Reluctantly, and with a weird facial expression that was equal parts distrust, confusion, and his standard fake smile, he slowly held out the watch. "Uh, on second thought, sure, I guess." But he quickly jerked his hand back. "Just. Don't do anything to it. Like, not even a scratch," he said, once more holding out the watch.
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The watches weren't supposed to be touched by people that weren't the Guardians. While the power to travel through time was found in the three themselves, not the watches, it was still dangerous. The watches helped find places to slip through time, and if a mortal found such a place, they could travel. Rei only let a select few people, people he trusted not to be seduced by the lure of time travel, touch and hold the watch.
Although, here, it really was just a broken watch. He'd been unable to make it work. It was severed from it's home universe and was pretty much just a fashion accessory now. Why not let the Doctor see it?
Reluctantly, and with a weird facial expression that was equal parts distrust, confusion, and his standard fake smile, he slowly held out the watch. "Uh, on second thought, sure, I guess." But he quickly jerked his hand back. "Just. Don't do anything to it. Like, not even a scratch," he said, once more holding out the watch.