It was strange, how very alike they could be. Both sitting, talking about nothing, or talking about the things they couldn't possibly talk about to someone who was listening.

The Doctor wanted to delve deeper. He wanted to see how bad the alcohol addiction went. He wanted to see just how terribly Jack suffered, so he'd know what he had to atone for. He had, after all, spent too many years running, and too many people were left behind to suffer.

Like Bea.

He pushed that memory back before it surfaced too far, before Jack saw too much of her.