The TARDIS had been - well, until recently - the only woman he'd ever loved. He'd been worried ever since he'd gotten here. "She's been through a lot," Ten said, smiling a little more easily. "You saw what the Daleks tried to do to her. Hopefully I'll find her soon." And then, he wanted to say, it'd be like old times, with him and Rose travelling together. Though he wasn't that much of a fool.
"He isn't here. Right?" Ten finally managed, just wanting to hear it from her. "And that's why you need to go back there?"