That's very generous of her, but it simply isn't true, the Doctor is afraid of very many things, including sincerity. "Well, you can't know if you don't give anyone a chance. Iman did alright, didn't she? And starting here would be a way of starting small. But it's your call," he says. Personally he thinks, even with all their varied and sundry shortcomings, humans are more flexible than she gives them credit for, but she hasn't lived with them for all the hundreds of years he has. Hasn't lived with anyone that long. It's understandable that that would be hard to believe, however she managed to come by these hangups so strongly.

The owl looks a little sleepy in the sunlight. Can an external manifestation of one's spirit, acquired in a dream, go to sleep in that dream? It is a mystery. "Wanna help me build a sandcastle?"