The Doctor perches his tablet on the edge of the TARDIS' console, staring bleakly down at the information gathered for him by Ianto. He'd run the data through his head at least ten dozen times, run it through the TARDIS' computer, and then, just for good measure, had run it through every single piece of stinkingly obsolete technology he had
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"Well, we can't all be gigantic balls of mope in the face of failure, now can we?"
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"I hope that wasn't a dig at me, by the way." Knowing full well that she doesn't accept her own failure well at all, not until she's shouted at it, sulked about it and finally beaten it. All points he's more than aware of.
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"It's not a dig at anyone, River, it's just a statement. Always was very like you to assume that everything revolved around your little universe and your short little life." There is an edge of cruelty on his tone of voice that is, again, foreign.
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Yes it's foreign and it also touches on a very raw nerve. "My short life as you put it, was shortened in lieu of yours. Or have you forgotten that minor detail in all your years of brooding and self pity?" Yes she's upset now, but she's letting the anger use the hard set of her jaw, instead. It's an effective tool at biting back emotion.
"You know what, forget I replied at all." And with that she cuts the transmission, she can't deal with this.
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Momentarily she considers opening the tablet again, but instead she flings it off the desk in a battle of conflicted emotion. The tear stained River storms out of her office determined to beat this and not give in to her emotions. Her own stubbornness her own worst enemy.
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When the TARDIS is finished with her vwoorp vwoorping about, the Doctor throws open the door, puts on his best, bravest, angry face, and bellows, "Oi! No one hangs up on me! Not you, not anyone!"
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She wasn't expecting him to concede to her point so readily and it leaves her speechless momentarily, a stinging in her eyes that she somehow manages to dissolve by sheer willpower alone and a concerted effort not to blink.
And then he proves to her exactly why she wasn't expecting it, because it was all just to prove a point.
"The idea of the door, is a concept developed centuries ago, used as a way of keeping uninvited guests out. I probably have a book on it somewhere if you'd like to gen up on it, it's a basic social skill you might find useful." She bites back.
"And actually. Yes. I do. If I want to!"
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"I'm not the one that left forever to avoid this. I might immerse myself in my work, but I've always been there for you. Always a shoulder to cry on, always there to listen and not pass judgement ( ... )
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