When I told ye I thought I'd never see ye again after ye woke up, it was the truth. It wasn't because of my being here, though. The truth is, ye us left a long time ago. After a point, everything was too much for ye, and ye stayed behind one time. I'd not wanted ye to, because...
He can't help but look down at her body again, only the faint rise and fall of her chest giving any indication she's still alive. Even after all this time, he's still struck by her beauty, but it's mixed in now with all the feelings of protectiveness and friendship and how deeply he's fallen for her.
I cared for ye more than I let on, he continues, not quite ready to use another word to describe it. Still, his 'voice' is quite soft and full of emotion, and for a moment there's a flash of their last conversation the night she decided to stay with the Harrises. But the Doctor said it was your life, and your decision whether to stay with us or not. I never told ye how I felt, then. Maybe because I thought you'd always travel with us, and I'd not ever given any consideration to leaving myself.
The adventures they had, travelling from place to place without knowing where they were going to wind up next - he had said once it was half the fun, and he meant it. The idea of leaving had simply never occurred to him. Even when it became clear she wasn't going to go with them. He had been heartbroken, but left all the same.
I still thought about ye after ye were gone. Ye saw that dream, with the Nightmare King, when I thought ye were there. Then ye woke up for real and...I-I guess what I'm trying to say, Victoria, is that I like ye, as more than a friend. And I have for a long time now.
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He can't help but look down at her body again, only the faint rise and fall of her chest giving any indication she's still alive. Even after all this time, he's still struck by her beauty, but it's mixed in now with all the feelings of protectiveness and friendship and how deeply he's fallen for her.
I cared for ye more than I let on, he continues, not quite ready to use another word to describe it. Still, his 'voice' is quite soft and full of emotion, and for a moment there's a flash of their last conversation the night she decided to stay with the Harrises. But the Doctor said it was your life, and your decision whether to stay with us or not. I never told ye how I felt, then. Maybe because I thought you'd always travel with us, and I'd not ever given any consideration to leaving myself.
The adventures they had, travelling from place to place without knowing where they were going to wind up next - he had said once it was half the fun, and he meant it. The idea of leaving had simply never occurred to him. Even when it became clear she wasn't going to go with them. He had been heartbroken, but left all the same.
I still thought about ye after ye were gone. Ye saw that dream, with the Nightmare King, when I thought ye were there. Then ye woke up for real and...I-I guess what I'm trying to say, Victoria, is that I like ye, as more than a friend. And I have for a long time now.