The very idea of Jack with a picket fence was almost enough to make the Doctor laugh. He imagined that Jack might've tried it once and decided against it. The Doctor had never had that option. He'd been married once, had children once, and lost all of them because he couldn't stay still.

To his relief, the tongue-loosening effects of the drug appeared to have completely evaporated, leaving all of those thoughts firmly in his mind.

"I don't know what you want from me," the Doctor admitted. "I really wish you'd tell me so I could show you I'm in absolutely no condition for giving anything."