The Doctor's used to seeing his companions in far less clothing, so her lack of overlay doesn't even register to him. Moments earlier, she was tearing his clothes to get a look at his wound. Everything after that is really just more of the same.
"We just assume everything is real and avoid it," he says. "Something like this, well, it's not something we can assume is an illusion until we've properly figured it out, eh?"
He struggles to sit up, but keeps his hand in hers. He thought he'd lost her. That thought was far more terrifying than he'd admit.
"The steam outside," he says. "Must also be an illusion. Earth Water won't make an appearance in this world. It shouldn't, at least.
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Date: 2010-06-24 04:49 am (UTC)"We just assume everything is real and avoid it," he says. "Something like this, well, it's not something we can assume is an illusion until we've properly figured it out, eh?"
He struggles to sit up, but keeps his hand in hers. He thought he'd lost her. That thought was far more terrifying than he'd admit.
"The steam outside," he says. "Must also be an illusion. Earth Water won't make an appearance in this world. It shouldn't, at least.