"I do know, just as I hope you know I have no desire to hurt you either." He touched a strand of her hair, briefly, moving it from where it was falling into her face and tucking it behind one ear. She should have a crown or a garland of flowers with this dress.
The Doctor never found it easy to speak of his companions once they were gone, and that's what they had been, Arthur and Guinevere, Morgaine and Ancelyn, though they'd never traveled the stars together.
"I lived with them, Sarah. Not for a few days or weeks but for their lives. I held Arthur as a babe and I held him as a dying king. I met Guinevere as a young bride full of hope and I said goodbye just weeks ago to a woman who will spend the rest of her life in mourning. The dress is simply a reminder, nothing that can hurt." He dropped her arm and glanced back at the console. Turning back to Sarah he raised an eyebrow. "As nice as it looks on you it's hardly suitable attire for an adventure."
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The Doctor never found it easy to speak of his companions once they were gone, and that's what they had been, Arthur and Guinevere, Morgaine and Ancelyn, though they'd never traveled the stars together.
"I lived with them, Sarah. Not for a few days or weeks but for their lives. I held Arthur as a babe and I held him as a dying king. I met Guinevere as a young bride full of hope and I said goodbye just weeks ago to a woman who will spend the rest of her life in mourning. The dress is simply a reminder, nothing that can hurt." He dropped her arm and glanced back at the console. Turning back to Sarah he raised an eyebrow. "As nice as it looks on you it's hardly suitable attire for an adventure."