"No, I won't," Jack said amused. "But if you want me to, I'll certainly give it a damn good go."
He laughed again then, looking out at the sea as it lapped gentle waves against the sand, still holding the Doctor's hand and stroking his thumb just gently over his fingers.
No droid then, Jack understood that, and he understood the expert way in which the Doctor brushed it off. It was utterly transparent to him of course, and perhaps both because he knew him well enough to see it, and because he was just as good at lying himself.
"But then they are," he went on, "wrong, I mean. If he hadn't died then I'd have never ended up going away. He wouldn't have wanted it. I'd have stayed here. Maybe worked in a factory, maybe did some teaching. Without any of those heroics and definitely without any Doctor."
He looked at him again, and tried to really look at him. To see him.
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Date: 2010-03-17 07:01 pm (UTC)He laughed again then, looking out at the sea as it lapped gentle waves against the sand, still holding the Doctor's hand and stroking his thumb just gently over his fingers.
No droid then, Jack understood that, and he understood the expert way in which the Doctor brushed it off. It was utterly transparent to him of course, and perhaps both because he knew him well enough to see it, and because he was just as good at lying himself.
"But then they are," he went on, "wrong, I mean. If he hadn't died then I'd have never ended up going away. He wouldn't have wanted it. I'd have stayed here. Maybe worked in a factory, maybe did some teaching. Without any of those heroics and definitely without any Doctor."
He looked at him again, and tried to really look at him. To see him.
"If I gave you a promise, would you believe it?"