"I don't have to literally hold it all the time. I just meant..." The Doctor let go of Koschei's hand so he could rummage around for the key instead. "We just shouldn't lose each other, that's all."
He pulled a key out from the console and stepped forward to put it over Jack's head. "Just be careful." There were things he might have said if they had been alone, but knowing him he'd have shut up then, too. Keep it all to himself until it was too late, that seemed to be his strategy this regeneration. No, really, it always had been. One look at Koschei, the Master, was more than enough to remind him of that.
He might have said something at least, but he had to go about landing the TARDIS and he was already sure Koschei would complain about his... technique.
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He pulled a key out from the console and stepped forward to put it over Jack's head. "Just be careful." There were things he might have said if they had been alone, but knowing him he'd have shut up then, too. Keep it all to himself until it was too late, that seemed to be his strategy this regeneration. No, really, it always had been. One look at Koschei, the Master, was more than enough to remind him of that.
He might have said something at least, but he had to go about landing the TARDIS and he was already sure Koschei would complain about his... technique.