[She almost deflects, like she would've so many other times in the past. But she likes to think he's a good friend by now, someone she can trust. It's okay to show some weakness here. He's not going to take advantage of anything.]
I die, and the Doctor goes against everything he stands for to save me.
[the truth is accompanied by a tiny shrug, and she can't bring herself to look up and over at him.]
I have to block his memories of me when I realized we were too dangerous together. That we'd both go to extremes in order to stay together. A bond like that...love like that, it isn't healthy. Or safe, not for the rest of the universe.
[That actually gives him a chill. It ripples down his spine. There's still a lot he doesn't know about the Doctor, because the man hides so much so well, and so all he can do is imagine what kind of ferocity he's capable of in such a circumstance.
He can certainly identify with the Doctor's reaction, but on a scale that he can only assume is vastly smaller. He hurt and even killed people to keep Law safe, but imagining the universe in all its entirety to be put under threat by a single person desperate to save someone he loves is... difficult in a way he can't put words to. It sounds mythical. The dangers of a god who falls in love with a human.
Though he keeps one hand around Clara's, he raises the other to run it through his bangs with a sigh.]
I don't know many people who would have the strength to make a sacrifice like that. It's hard for me to even grasp the scale of it. I'm so sorry, though.
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[They must be quite the sight, crying in a heap here. He turns onto his side to face her and squeezes her hand.]
Is it all right if I ask what happens at home?
[Not that he'll be able to do anything about it, but maybe he can try and help her come to terms with it.]
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I die, and the Doctor goes against everything he stands for to save me.
[the truth is accompanied by a tiny shrug, and she can't bring herself to look up and over at him.]
I have to block his memories of me when I realized we were too dangerous together. That we'd both go to extremes in order to stay together. A bond like that...love like that, it isn't healthy. Or safe, not for the rest of the universe.
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He can certainly identify with the Doctor's reaction, but on a scale that he can only assume is vastly smaller. He hurt and even killed people to keep Law safe, but imagining the universe in all its entirety to be put under threat by a single person desperate to save someone he loves is... difficult in a way he can't put words to. It sounds mythical. The dangers of a god who falls in love with a human.
Though he keeps one hand around Clara's, he raises the other to run it through his bangs with a sigh.]
I don't know many people who would have the strength to make a sacrifice like that. It's hard for me to even grasp the scale of it. I'm so sorry, though.