Reinette had always approved of a well placed compliment. Her nature and upbringing dictated as much. She worked hard to reach where she was, and if people wanted to notice, and appreciate? Well, she was more than inclined to allow it.
But this all suggested something darker. Thick and heavy it seemed to connect them even now. Reinette was thankful to be alive. That would always be true. But she could still not accept the Doctor was less alive because of it.
And it was certainly not a situation she wished to be complimented for.
"You would have found someone," she assured him, attempting to push past that moment. He always did find someone -- eventually. She had seen that, in his mind. "They just might not have had my way with knots."
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Date: 2007-05-23 07:10 am (UTC)But this all suggested something darker. Thick and heavy it seemed to connect them even now. Reinette was thankful to be alive. That would always be true. But she could still not accept the Doctor was less alive because of it.
And it was certainly not a situation she wished to be complimented for.
"You would have found someone," she assured him, attempting to push past that moment. He always did find someone -- eventually. She had seen that, in his mind. "They just might not have had my way with knots."