When he pulls back she shifts a little as well, tugging her legs under her skirt neatly. The physical gesture doesn't much matter to her anyway, especially in a dream. She just wants him to be comfortable, watching him affectionately. "You don't need to apologize," she says, and his shy inquisitiveness briefly tints her smile with amusement. "Curiosity is commendable."

Though what he chose to ask is rather more saddening than he could have realized, and her smile fades as she continues. "I was grown and augmented by my pilot's race, many millennia ago. My planet of origin was called Gallifrey." And she really couldn't bear going through its destruction a second time.