[ To have such an implicit understanding with another is a rare thing, rarer indeed for the Doctor. It's a connection he thinks well of already. To hear now of what she found, well, he can easily imagine the tumult of emotions. She's had a secret to carry about her true identity, she's been separated from home for so long. To be confronted with a colony of her people, completely wiped out, and for her response to need to be carefully controlled, well, it's an incredible burden to bear. ]

A strength of character that's not always common even in the living among us. I'm sorry that happened. To you, to them.

[ If she'll allow it, he reaches out briefly to cover her hand. ]