Jack held tight onto the Doctor, gripping him and making sure he was stable in the water. Only then did he turn to pay attention to the water.
The currents seemed to ebb out like a heart beat, like it was reaching for something. But why not them?
"I don't know," he said, regarding it with a frown.
The Doctor ushered him though, and though his immediate urge was to follow, he stalled himself, holding him back.
"Wait, no. Doctor, wait. Let the universe wait for us once. Talk to me, Doctor. Just talk." And perhaps it said a lot that here, his lifelong and childhood home, it was more important to him to look after the Doctor than to look after the place.
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The currents seemed to ebb out like a heart beat, like it was reaching for something. But why not them?
"I don't know," he said, regarding it with a frown.
The Doctor ushered him though, and though his immediate urge was to follow, he stalled himself, holding him back.
"Wait, no. Doctor, wait. Let the universe wait for us once. Talk to me, Doctor. Just talk." And perhaps it said a lot that here, his lifelong and childhood home, it was more important to him to look after the Doctor than to look after the place.