memory hazy, console room full of smoke. they can't have done it again! he did his time on earth, they can't just inflict it on him again. before he can even think to try & tinker with the tardis, it quickly crash-lands & he stumbles out of the tardis doors, falling flat onto his back. " déjà vu... " he manages to croak out, eyes looking up... just barely noticing somebody looking down at him. he offers a very weak wave.

" you know, i do love this place, warts & all but what is with the obsession with money? " shakes his head, albeit somewhat fondly with a small smile, " humans. "

stuck on earth, exiled by his own people a second time. frustrating. a blessing, he thinks, when he gets to see his best assistant again. " you don't. " he is very quick to run over and give her a deep hug. " josephine grant, i have missed you. " all his worries, all his hardships & bitterness seem to fade away. he is reminded of his times with her, the trip to peladon, the fights against the master... he doesn't know what he would've done without her at his side.

" oh, i've been away far too long if that's what humans are wearing now. did i step on a butterfly? "

in the midst of running, as he often is, tumbles right into the path of some poor human. eyes look down, does feel a tiny bit guilty. " it can wait. " tries to help her up, apologetic smile. " sorry for that, don't always look where i'm going. oh, i think my, uh, my screwdriver fell into your groceries. "

" is that a - " stops himself, brow furrows briefly. "are humans making counterfeit keys of my tardis now? that's crossing some sort of boundary. "

" ace. " his voice is soft, low, betrays his feelings of anxiety & shame. how he treated her, how he treated everyone back then... was not becoming of him. how does he even begin to apologise? would she even want to hear it? " i've redecorated. " stupid, stupid.