Alan didn't even realize it was happening, but the anger was slowly subsiding.
"We would've loved to see you again. I'll never understand how you keep your own timeline straight. Remember that, Doctor. We would have loved to see you, no matter who you are."
And they had loved seeing a different him, a happier him. A him that had let so much of the terrible baggage behind. But he couldn't tell the man he was trying to save right now of those times. He'd been expressly forbidden.
"Sarah Jane... she..." he blew out, sighing wistfully. "She saw me out jogging one night, not long after we'd moved in. Invited me for some tea. We swapped some parenting stories. I told her... I told her to just wait until Luke gave her her first handmade card. The smile on her face... it just fit her perfectly. I knew she was beautiful the first time I saw her, but she was... breathtaking."
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"We would've loved to see you again. I'll never understand how you keep your own timeline straight. Remember that, Doctor. We would have loved to see you, no matter who you are."
And they had loved seeing a different him, a happier him. A him that had let so much of the terrible baggage behind. But he couldn't tell the man he was trying to save right now of those times. He'd been expressly forbidden.
"Sarah Jane... she..." he blew out, sighing wistfully. "She saw me out jogging one night, not long after we'd moved in. Invited me for some tea. We swapped some parenting stories. I told her... I told her to just wait until Luke gave her her first handmade card. The smile on her face... it just fit her perfectly. I knew she was beautiful the first time I saw her, but she was... breathtaking."