That's why it's confidential, for now, at least until we figure it out. But thanks for telling me Kale, I knew I could trust you. I was lucky enough to be able to come back home after I ran away. Both times. Hopefully... I mean... my goal is to just give him enough time that he'll be ready to go back when he wants to.
Okay, if you are sure it's best this way when I'll leave it up to you. I think the issue is that Adrien is always the one who has to come back. This time, Gabriel will have to make a real effort.
Don't worry, I already talked to Adrien and I won't tell Gabriel anything too specific. Adrien didn't tell me where he was staying because he didn't want to put me in a position where I had to lie to his father.
[Not like that was an issue for Kale. He would lie if needed, he's a very pragmatic individual.]
Oh god, I didn't need that mental image, Rose. [You are terrible! ...never change.]
He did manage to get married to a beautiful woman, if Adrien's look are any indication, Gabriel might have done something right.
Right, you are terribly apologetic. I can tell from here.
[Hah, it's fine. He can deal with it, god know he's worse when he's in the mood for dirty jokes.]
That's what Adrien told me. But the kid also lost her and it's not fair for Adrien to have to deal with that and having his father becomes even more distant as time goes by.
The Doctor's loss was much worse but he's also not human. Do you know if he processes pain the same way we do? Besides, everyone's grief is different.
Aren't I just? [She has the random urge to nibble a carrot in her Bugs Bunny costume again. Mortifying.]
Yeah... Guess I lucked out a lot with my Mum. We lost my Dad when I was just a baby but she never really faltered much. Emotionally anyway.
[As for how the Doctor processes thing... Poorly. He doesn't. He runs away and has adventures... which you know... Rose loves, but she knows it's not incredibly healthy and things do tend to catch up eventually if you let them.] He's not human, yeah, but he admires humans a lot because of that kind of thing. He tries to throw himself into the next adventures. Something I worry about here since that's not as easy to do, and downtime for him can quickly become dark.
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