Jack gazed over at the Doctor and gave him a lazy little cheeky grin. "Oh that's me," he said, proud of the fact, "rule breaker extraordinaire."
His cheeky grin faded though, and he wiped a hand over his face as if trying to sober himself up. It didn't really work, but it helped him focus nonetheless. "I know all that stuff," he said, waving a hand vaguely.
"You forget, Doctor, you're not talking to someone who doesn't understand all that. I distance myself from people for the same reasons you do. Or at least I guess a bunch of the reasons are the same. I don't let myself fall for people for the same reasons. So sure, I'm a bit more, I dunno, open about certain things, than you are, but you're not the only one with rules," he prodded him gently in the chest, "and I'm not the only one breaking them."
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His cheeky grin faded though, and he wiped a hand over his face as if trying to sober himself up. It didn't really work, but it helped him focus nonetheless. "I know all that stuff," he said, waving a hand vaguely.
"You forget, Doctor, you're not talking to someone who doesn't understand all that. I distance myself from people for the same reasons you do. Or at least I guess a bunch of the reasons are the same. I don't let myself fall for people for the same reasons. So sure, I'm a bit more, I dunno, open about certain things, than you are, but you're not the only one with rules," he prodded him gently in the chest, "and I'm not the only one breaking them."