"Only this time?" That's not sympathy, that's judging your life choices. Judging the Doctor, too, though what position he's in to do so with regards to the concept of distance is complicated at best. But yes, more to the point, that would be game over, and no one wants that. What is the waking world? Boring. Hangman is preferable.

"'T.'" Still playing safe. That Ianto's a shady character who's learned from the best, a few times over.