If Rose weren't so serious about this, Romana would laugh at that. Something stupid, indeed-- it'd be far more surprising if she learned that the Doctor makes well thought-out and competent choices in his future. Still, it must have been more than just a simple mistake to get the Time Lords collectively against him. Although Rassilon would hold a great deal of power and influence.
More than she first thought, if he was able to manipulate all of that. Even if Rose said it wasn't entirely him, it certainly seemed to come back to it. It's more complicated than anything, and Romana isn't going to pretend that she can puzzle it all out immediately, not with so many pieces missing. But she more than understands why Rose has to beat around the bush like this. Annoying as it is, some things she just isn't meant to discover, not at this point in time. She'll shelf them for now.
And she certainly plans on going back to this conversation in her own time, to work out... well, not exactly a timeline of events (that's far too complicated in and of itself), but a more solid picture of what's happened.
But she does understand that there was a great deal of unnecessary suffering involved for all parties.
Romana reaches out a hand and very briefly rests it on Rose's shoulder before withdrawing it. She's not given to be incredibly emotional, not when it's simply business as always for her, but she understands that no matter how acquainted a human is with the going-ons of Time Lords, it's never quite the same. She can't imagine how hard it must have been to handle all of that, and to be without the Doctor and uncertain of how to get back. She's very much beginning to appreciate how clever this Rose seems to be-- clever in the same way she is. The good way, not the Doctor's 51% grade at the Academy way.
When she speaks again, it's for the first time while Rose was talking. She hadn't felt it right to interrupt, and she'd been busy thinking, anyways.
"I'm very sorry. It isn't the first time an extraterrestrial has intervened with Earth's timeline, and it very likely won't be the last, but it was... cruel." She can't pretend to know the full details of what happens in the Doctor's future, but what she's heard is more than enough to fear for how he copes with it. The Doctor... isn't always fluent in emotions, but then, she isn't either in most cases. Perhaps that's why they'd initially gotten off on the wrong foot.
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More than she first thought, if he was able to manipulate all of that. Even if Rose said it wasn't entirely him, it certainly seemed to come back to it. It's more complicated than anything, and Romana isn't going to pretend that she can puzzle it all out immediately, not with so many pieces missing. But she more than understands why Rose has to beat around the bush like this. Annoying as it is, some things she just isn't meant to discover, not at this point in time. She'll shelf them for now.
And she certainly plans on going back to this conversation in her own time, to work out... well, not exactly a timeline of events (that's far too complicated in and of itself), but a more solid picture of what's happened.
But she does understand that there was a great deal of unnecessary suffering involved for all parties.
Romana reaches out a hand and very briefly rests it on Rose's shoulder before withdrawing it. She's not given to be incredibly emotional, not when it's simply business as always for her, but she understands that no matter how acquainted a human is with the going-ons of Time Lords, it's never quite the same. She can't imagine how hard it must have been to handle all of that, and to be without the Doctor and uncertain of how to get back. She's very much beginning to appreciate how clever this Rose seems to be-- clever in the same way she is. The good way, not the Doctor's 51% grade at the Academy way.
When she speaks again, it's for the first time while Rose was talking. She hadn't felt it right to interrupt, and she'd been busy thinking, anyways.
"I'm very sorry. It isn't the first time an extraterrestrial has intervened with Earth's timeline, and it very likely won't be the last, but it was... cruel." She can't pretend to know the full details of what happens in the Doctor's future, but what she's heard is more than enough to fear for how he copes with it. The Doctor... isn't always fluent in emotions, but then, she isn't either in most cases. Perhaps that's why they'd initially gotten off on the wrong foot.