"Mhm." There would have been a time he'd have argued that more vehemently, but that was before the time they were the only two left, before he'd realized that in some ways the Master was all he had. It also was before he got whipped so hard he could hardly move, so there was that.

"Maybe you shouldn't be without me, either." Cheeky and stupid and he shouldn't have said it, but here he was, smiling anyway.