River came to a stop and stared at Rose, hands on her hips and waiting for her to finish. There were a few good points in there and it also gave her an interesting baseline on where The Doctor was all...with all his selves and what she pieced together was typical, if not a little worrying.
"First off, you need to work on your nicknames. Second, the one you're referring to as '10' is one I haven't met yet and I have a feeling there's a very good reason for it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given me his screwdriver before I left Darillium. So, thank you for the spoilers, Rose. You really need to work on that."
Really, she did. As for the rest? River debates for a moment. "As for the rest, your '9' sounds like the one that came right after the Time War, so how he's acting is what I would expect. The Doctor never took things like that well and never will. What he needs in moments like that is time, space and to be around people who care for him whether he wants to admit it or not."
She drew in a deep breath as she thought about the other things Rose was saying about The Doctor. "And you know what, your '10' adopting children? That doesn't surprise me either. The Doctor has always loved children, it's one of his more endearing traits. As for the gun thing, he gets over that eventually." Though, he was never the one to use them. It was always someone else and more often than not, it was River doing the things he couldn't do.
As for the rest though, she may actually take a little pity on his younger selves. They sounded like they needed her more than the other two idiots did, maybe.
"As for what changes him in the future? People who loved him did and none of them were you."
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"First off, you need to work on your nicknames. Second, the one you're referring to as '10' is one I haven't met yet and I have a feeling there's a very good reason for it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given me his screwdriver before I left Darillium. So, thank you for the spoilers, Rose. You really need to work on that."
Really, she did. As for the rest? River debates for a moment. "As for the rest, your '9' sounds like the one that came right after the Time War, so how he's acting is what I would expect. The Doctor never took things like that well and never will. What he needs in moments like that is time, space and to be around people who care for him whether he wants to admit it or not."
She drew in a deep breath as she thought about the other things Rose was saying about The Doctor. "And you know what, your '10' adopting children? That doesn't surprise me either. The Doctor has always loved children, it's one of his more endearing traits. As for the gun thing, he gets over that eventually." Though, he was never the one to use them. It was always someone else and more often than not, it was River doing the things he couldn't do.
As for the rest though, she may actually take a little pity on his younger selves. They sounded like they needed her more than the other two idiots did, maybe.
"As for what changes him in the future? People who loved him did and none of them were you."