Isn't her staying with him through all this and trying to steer him towards less unpleasant scenarios reason enough to believe she might care? But of course he isn't able to appreciate that, and if some outside influence is really affecting his mind like she believes, it's understandable for his subconscious to be so wary and defensive.
So she does her best to provide a kernel of calm and companionship amidst the continued turmoil of emotions in the atmosphere. "I understand that it makes little sense to you now," she admits patiently, though regretfully. "And I'm not certain 'friend' is the appropriate word. We only met once, four days ago, but I... do not often have the opportunity to converse with agreeable beings who are not so different from myself anymore, and I valued it." She doesn't usually feel alone or is bothered by her lack of communication with others like her, since all she's ever needed was the Doctor's company. But with those memories of the War stirred so forcefully, her words and bearing are strangely heavy, carrying the weight of a loneliness reserved for the last of a kind.
"You seemed to enjoy our conversation as well," she adds after a moment, trying to quell her own troubled emotions. Instead, she focuses on him and tilts her head. "What would convince you?"
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So she does her best to provide a kernel of calm and companionship amidst the continued turmoil of emotions in the atmosphere. "I understand that it makes little sense to you now," she admits patiently, though regretfully. "And I'm not certain 'friend' is the appropriate word. We only met once, four days ago, but I... do not often have the opportunity to converse with agreeable beings who are not so different from myself anymore, and I valued it." She doesn't usually feel alone or is bothered by her lack of communication with others like her, since all she's ever needed was the Doctor's company. But with those memories of the War stirred so forcefully, her words and bearing are strangely heavy, carrying the weight of a loneliness reserved for the last of a kind.
"You seemed to enjoy our conversation as well," she adds after a moment, trying to quell her own troubled emotions. Instead, she focuses on him and tilts her head. "What would convince you?"