Oh, lord, the Doctor. "I don't know that there's any way I could explain it to him. Any of it." She sighed. "'Returning were as tedious as to go o'er', like I said earlier—that pretty much sums up my situation, I daresay. Sometimes I think he'd understand better than I credit him for ... but much of the time I think it would simply break him. And so I say nothing and keep walking the tightrope." She grimaced. And then it occurred to her to add, "In case you're wondering—and if you're not, you probably would eventually—we haven't. The Doctor and I. Nothing more than a kiss. Or a few."
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Oh, lord, the Doctor. "I don't know that there's any way I could explain it to him. Any of it." She sighed. "'Returning were as tedious as to go o'er', like I said earlier—that pretty much sums up my situation, I daresay. Sometimes I think he'd understand better than I credit him for ... but much of the time I think it would simply break him. And so I say nothing and keep walking the tightrope." She grimaced. And then it occurred to her to add, "In case you're wondering—and if you're not, you probably would eventually—we haven't. The Doctor and I. Nothing more than a kiss. Or a few."