"For now!" the Doctor retorted. "For all we know you might---"
And Jack went back under the water.
"Fine!" the Doctor shouted at the water. "Fine! Just be that way! If this were easy, I'd have already talked to you about it! But it isn't!" He spat out a mouthful of water. "I can't get this attached! I can't! Everyone I touch dies, Jack! Everyone! And it was almost you, too!"
But he could never tell that to Jack, could he?
And Jack came back up. He nodded. "Right. Under water creatures. Bit like old times, isn't it?"
He took in a mouthful of air and ducked beneath the surface
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Date: 2010-03-22 04:29 pm (UTC)And Jack went back under the water.
"Fine!" the Doctor shouted at the water. "Fine! Just be that way! If this were easy, I'd have already talked to you about it! But it isn't!" He spat out a mouthful of water. "I can't get this attached! I can't! Everyone I touch dies, Jack! Everyone! And it was almost you, too!"
But he could never tell that to Jack, could he?
And Jack came back up. He nodded. "Right. Under water creatures. Bit like old times, isn't it?"
He took in a mouthful of air and ducked beneath the surface