It couldn't be helped if John's eyes got very alarmed very fast in a very telling sort of way. He hadn't been expecting that question. Certainly not in that way.
And that stare sort of made him feel the way he had when he'd accidentally ruined his mother's herb garden at the tender age of eight. All the years the Doctor had on him were suddenly so easy to make out.
But he wasn't eight anymore. So maybe he'd handle this better.
"How much thought have you put into what my answer might be?" His head was tilted down toward the floor, but he still managed to keep his eyes fixed on the Doctor's face. "I mean... I'm guessing if you're asking that it means you've guessed, which means that I should probably avoid beating around the...." Frell, John. Frelling hezmana to the nth power.
And perhaps because he really didn't know what else to say, the next thing to come out of his mouth was completely uncensored, no matter how softly it was spoken. "Heroes come in all shapes and sizes for people. Mine came in a blue box."
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:25 pm (UTC)And that stare sort of made him feel the way he had when he'd accidentally ruined his mother's herb garden at the tender age of eight. All the years the Doctor had on him were suddenly so easy to make out.
But he wasn't eight anymore. So maybe he'd handle this better.
"How much thought have you put into what my answer might be?" His head was tilted down toward the floor, but he still managed to keep his eyes fixed on the Doctor's face. "I mean... I'm guessing if you're asking that it means you've guessed, which means that I should probably avoid beating around the...." Frell, John. Frelling hezmana to the nth power.
And perhaps because he really didn't know what else to say, the next thing to come out of his mouth was completely uncensored, no matter how softly it was spoken. "Heroes come in all shapes and sizes for people. Mine came in a blue box."