John had been silent this whole time, watching in upset as people continued to, and then the Doctor... aw, hell--
He put a hand on Cayce's back to try and snap her out of it. He understood it was maddening, but she wouldn't help them by losing it. And really, was he the only person who realised--
"You know, we're all being like idiots." He took a breath, trying to keep the edge out of his voice, because he was angry, but that wasn't exactly fair when he had hadn't been giving his two cents for a while. "I get it, we're all panicked, but you know, all the Doctor and crew were doing was gathering information. That's what scientists do. They record, test and attempt. Getting on their cases wasn't fair, and might I mention, they were behaving pretty damn contrary to their archtypes, the Master and the Rani, and we all should be thanking our lucky invisible stars that they didn't decide to take advantage of this situation."
He took a step toward the hole, tried to ignore the weird vertigo it gave him. He pointed to it (and Psyche, giving her something of a smile in apology). "Did everyone think it would just be a big purple fluffy poof, and then it was over? Is anyone missing the big picture here? We did it, you guys. That means we can do it again. If it doesn't happen this second, it will happen. If we can all get our heads together and work as a team, it'll happen faster. And that means no sniping, no arguments as to who's methods are better, no flipping out when it doesn't go the way we thought it would."
He looked down at Cayce. "We can do this. But if we aren't willing to do it together, then we don't deserve to get out of here."
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He put a hand on Cayce's back to try and snap her out of it. He understood it was maddening, but she wouldn't help them by losing it. And really, was he the only person who realised--
"You know, we're all being like idiots." He took a breath, trying to keep the edge out of his voice, because he was angry, but that wasn't exactly fair when he had hadn't been giving his two cents for a while. "I get it, we're all panicked, but you know, all the Doctor and crew were doing was gathering information. That's what scientists do. They record, test and attempt. Getting on their cases wasn't fair, and might I mention, they were behaving pretty damn contrary to their archtypes, the Master and the Rani, and we all should be thanking our lucky invisible stars that they didn't decide to take advantage of this situation."
He took a step toward the hole, tried to ignore the weird vertigo it gave him. He pointed to it (and Psyche, giving her something of a smile in apology). "Did everyone think it would just be a big purple fluffy poof, and then it was over? Is anyone missing the big picture here? We did it, you guys. That means we can do it again. If it doesn't happen this second, it will happen. If we can all get our heads together and work as a team, it'll happen faster. And that means no sniping, no arguments as to who's methods are better, no flipping out when it doesn't go the way we thought it would."
He looked down at Cayce. "We can do this. But if we aren't willing to do it together, then we don't deserve to get out of here."