[It's like he has to pull the words out from his head. Somehow.] I don't know. Couldn't watch you die again? I can't look at this sort of thing like it's fun, going on a creepy blood-fueled train into a set of tunnels full of vicious monsters. I do...
[Shouldn't have paused. It's an effort to start up again. At least while he's talking, he's not listening to all of Leadworth pleading with him to save them.]
I do this sort of thing, though. With you and the Doctor. So I felt...like I had to help out. It's just hard, telling you about something like this, because I know you'd want to go...but what if you die, right, and it's my fault for telling you?
[And now he's drifting into the realm of babbling. He's really not in a good place right now.]
Or....if I couldn't make myself go after all and you knew, you'd think I was useless and not... [Not as good as the Doctor.] Not good enough. [And then, becoming aware of the babbling, his mouth practically snaps shut. City, why are you?]
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Date: 2011-05-18 05:21 pm (UTC)[Shouldn't have paused. It's an effort to start up again. At least while he's talking, he's not listening to all of Leadworth pleading with him to save them.]
I do this sort of thing, though. With you and the Doctor. So I felt...like I had to help out. It's just hard, telling you about something like this, because I know you'd want to go...but what if you die, right, and it's my fault for telling you?
[And now he's drifting into the realm of babbling. He's really not in a good place right now.]
Or....if I couldn't make myself go after all and you knew, you'd think I was useless and not... [Not as good as the Doctor.] Not good enough. [And then, becoming aware of the babbling, his mouth practically snaps shut. City, why are you?]