[And he's very keenly aware right now of all those little showing insecurities and facades even amongst all the bravery and strength that isn't fronted at all but actually there almost constantly. There is an opportunity to inject a little help, possibly.] You're one up on me - first time I met Donna I got slapped twice in one day. [Comparatively speaking, they're all on quite good terms now.] She did. Most people do. Deserve that one chance to change their minds. Not a whole heap of fun to deny them the option, even if it is ultimately the better choice.

[It's not condemning. It's not condoning just yet either, but more commiserating than anything else. He understands that series of decisions and their mental ramifications very well, and at some point her having had to do that sort of thing will become another one of them, however much it really didn't have anything to do with him.

He doesn't, however, immediately know what she's talking about there. He's not aware of the entire alternate series of events, so the part where she left before she ran into him out of order makes sense, but not when she didn't do it.] Got out of where?

[ooc: I love your headcanon. So, so much.]