just_the_doctor

The Doctor listens to the story of the inevitable end of his people with a blank expression. For a moment, he even shared the sense of despair that his future self was describing. How can I go on as if everything is okay, knowing what I know now? he thinks in that instant of desperation.

But an instant is all it is, a sudden flash that's gone as quickly as it came.

"No. What you are is a coward."