Well then. That hit a lot closer to home than he cared for. The Doctor closed his eyes and finished off his cone, using a full mouth as an excuse to not reply right away. Too much truth in that and he didn't need the Master of all people telling him.

Something that made him keep his distance from Jack, that was the reason he'd treated Martha so much worse than she deserved until it was too late and she left him. Rose. He wondered how Rose was doing. He'd never know.

Suddenly he'd have much preferred being alone. "Leave me some of the banana ice cream, will you?" He looked at the ice cream instead of anything else or anyone else, by now definitely regretting having called Jack his.