( The contact startles her - people do not, as a general rule, make contact with her. She does not tend to allowing it. For a moment she freezes up, the way a wild creature might with the shock of being caught, like the instinctive urge to play dead in the hopes that the animal that has captured it might simply lose interest.
Her teeth grind together for a moment, and though she doesn't pull away from the contact, the way she holds her arm suggests she might be trying to figure out a way to detach it from her body.
(And yet, at the same time, it isn't entirely terrible having someone reach out for her. She's simply used to being safer when she's out of reach.) )
Me, too. And I'm sorry about Donna. Being necessary does not make it easy, always. ( There's a moment, where she pauses, and tries to think of something to offer. The Doctor has given her information - he might trust her more if she offers information in return. She nods to the surly teenager before her. ) Justyna was very— aggressive. We didn't like each other very much, at first.
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Her teeth grind together for a moment, and though she doesn't pull away from the contact, the way she holds her arm suggests she might be trying to figure out a way to detach it from her body.
(And yet, at the same time, it isn't entirely terrible having someone reach out for her. She's simply used to being safer when she's out of reach.) )
Me, too. And I'm sorry about Donna. Being necessary does not make it easy, always. ( There's a moment, where she pauses, and tries to think of something to offer. The Doctor has given her information - he might trust her more if she offers information in return. She nods to the surly teenager before her. ) Justyna was very— aggressive. We didn't like each other very much, at first.