sent downstream, into the future

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“You’ve not said a word to me since I got here, and since everyone else has taken the time to berate me for something, I thought it only fair to give you the chance.”

Unlike the past, there’s not a lot of anger in the attempt—it’s mostly just kind of sad, which makes it harder to be angry at. But it still rubs him the wrong way. Leave it to River to always play the victim in a situation that he created.

“Doesn't self-pity ever get tiresome for you?”

“Doesn’t self-righteousness ever get tiresome for you?”

There’s barely any heat in it now. The words carry a distinct lack of that directionless anger River’s been made up of since the moment they’d seen each other in Taverner’s office; it’s more like defeat. A drowning man’s last attempt at a fight he knows he won’t win so he can die thinking well, at least I tried.

Because I liked it. I like being the provider.

JAMIE BELL as NIALL KENNEDY