He flinched a little as she connected with his mind, so unused to the sensation these days that it took him by surprise. He gave a pained sigh and warily opened his eyes again to see Susan's reassuring eyes looking back at him.
He gave her a determined nod as if he were mentally talking himself into just spitting it out. "Okay. There was a time war. I mean, not like before, this was..." he shook his head, failing to find words to actually describe it. "Daleks," he said finally, as if that explained it all, which in a way it did.
He gave her a pained expression before deciding to skip over the gruesome details and go straight to the end instead of prolonging the agony. "The Dalek Emperor gained control of the Cruciform and... I was the only one who could stop," he forced out, his eyes dropping to the floor. "It was either... end it all or.. well, the alternative doesn't bear thinking about," he told her, finally forcing his eyes back to her. "For a while there I thought it was only me. Then there was the Master but... he's gone. And now there's you, there's me, and there's the former president, Romana... and that's it," he nodded.