If he hadn't looked anxious enough, the mention of Arcadia was just about enough to make him collapse. "Relaxing?" he asked, with a sort of strangled laugh added on to the end. He ran a hand through his hair and took a deep breath. "Mm, wasn't very relaxing last time I was there," he said softly. What had he expected? Of course she was as displaced as Romana was, but he'd always had the thought that maybe she'd stayed on Earth, maybe she'd had no way to get back to Gallifrey... that had been the thought keeping him going during the war, so for a second he'd hoped it was true.
"I'm sorry, we... we have some things to talk about. And... they're not pleasant," he told her, which was an understatement but he didn't want to freak her out more than he already had.