[...You know, the first few times seeing a body surprisingly does make it a little easier. It's still horrifying to look at, and he's not entirely sure how process any of this, but he's not completely freezing up in horror or looking sick or anything like that.
Which... leaves him wondering exactly what to do with his face, or how to respond, because although he wasn't particularly close to Mercy, she did look out for him, she was nice to him, and...]
This is bad.
[For more reasons than one. It's not the most sensitive thing to slip out of his mouth, but it's the easiest one to process. And that shadow thing wanted them to see this. Why? What difference would it have made if they just heard the announcement...? That's a little easier to process than how dead the Doctor is.]
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Which... leaves him wondering exactly what to do with his face, or how to respond, because although he wasn't particularly close to Mercy, she did look out for him, she was nice to him, and...]
This is bad.
[For more reasons than one. It's not the most sensitive thing to slip out of his mouth, but it's the easiest one to process. And that shadow thing wanted them to see this. Why? What difference would it have made if they just heard the announcement...? That's a little easier to process than how dead the Doctor is.]