He leans in close as she does, feeling her lips tickling against his ear. "I should hope not! Not that there's anything wrong with tentacles, known a few perfectly nice people with tentacles."
The Doctor pulls back with a private smile reserved for River Song. Of course it was an interesting 10% with River! What else can it be? Anything less and he might even be disappointed. Now what the specifics are of that 10% is beyond him, but it does narrow things down and the fact she slipped that much tells him she wants him to nose around. It's a hobby for him, a little nosing and sniffing around.
There's no time pieces here, no clocks -- Stacy time is all wibbly and that means it's general guesswork about when is where, even to a Time Lord. The Doctor reaches out to give River one final pat on the hand as he gets to his feet, touching the book he left her and holding it out to River with a smile.
Cool if we wrap up the thread?
The Doctor pulls back with a private smile reserved for River Song. Of course it was an interesting 10% with River! What else can it be? Anything less and he might even be disappointed. Now what the specifics are of that 10% is beyond him, but it does narrow things down and the fact she slipped that much tells him she wants him to nose around. It's a hobby for him, a little nosing and sniffing around.
There's no time pieces here, no clocks -- Stacy time is all wibbly and that means it's general guesswork about when is where, even to a Time Lord. The Doctor reaches out to give River one final pat on the hand as he gets to his feet, touching the book he left her and holding it out to River with a smile.