"Oh, I've been here for... must be over five years now. Probably a solid four since... you left me."
He ordered black coffee and cherry pie when the waitress arrived, apple pie a la mode and tea for Malcolm. When the coffee arrived, he took a sip, glancing across the table. He set the coffee down and, once the waitress had gone, continued.
"After the City changed, nothing was the same. I only just started the Fire Department back up. It's nowhere near as modern as before. I started it up with money I scraped together doing odd jobs."
He shrugged.
"Martha was here for a while. She survived the change in the City. She insisted I couldn't live in the shack they assigned me. I lived with her for a while in a posh sort of a flat in the middle of town. Then she disappeared. I went back to the shack. The Doctor stayed with me for a little while when his fiancee disappeared." A pause. "That sort of thing happening hasn't changed."
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He ordered black coffee and cherry pie when the waitress arrived, apple pie a la mode and tea for Malcolm. When the coffee arrived, he took a sip, glancing across the table. He set the coffee down and, once the waitress had gone, continued.
"After the City changed, nothing was the same. I only just started the Fire Department back up. It's nowhere near as modern as before. I started it up with money I scraped together doing odd jobs."
He shrugged.
"Martha was here for a while. She survived the change in the City. She insisted I couldn't live in the shack they assigned me. I lived with her for a while in a posh sort of a flat in the middle of town. Then she disappeared. I went back to the shack. The Doctor stayed with me for a little while when his fiancee disappeared." A pause. "That sort of thing happening hasn't changed."