Rose gave her quite a look at that. "What are you, my Mum? Don't try to do that if I'm there. I couldn't protect him that time, she thought he'd kidnapped me for a year, it was before she knew about the time travel thing, or that he messed up, but in Nautilus? I can bend. I might not be ascended, but I can protect him that much."

She closed her eyes and shook her head. "You're underestimating how much he's already hurting."

Although maybe that good? He got... better?