eighth: (Worried | Hands together)
The Doctor ([personal profile] eighth) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream 2014-07-10 08:22 am (UTC)

The Doctor listens with rapt attention until she's finished, nodding occasionally. He doesn't answer immediately, but he looks sympathetic, neither scared nor repelled.

"I understand how that would be hard," he answers slowly, uncertain how to communicate his understanding.

He shifts a bit, frowning, then sits forward, clasping his hands. "When I tell someone I can travel in time, they're usually excited, like you. Disbelieving, quite often, at least at first, but eventually excited. But at some point they start to realise the sort of power this gives me over them, or over anyone."

"Any of the things you just mentioned, I could find out about them at the flip of a switch. Perhaps not what it was like for them, but I could make a pretty good guess. I could also change it, without them ever knowing. I could mold them, if I really needed to." The Doctor is currently nervous about how Bee will take this as well.

"It's difficult for people, to know you hold that kind of power over them. And you can't really know whether they'd be happier not knowing, or if you should even the playing field by at least letting them know what you can do. You just have to hope that people trust you enough to know that you wouldn't use it against them." He smiles gently at her, encouragingly.

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