[What's wrong with him? No, don't focus on yourself, Doctor. Figure out Poppy's problem, and where they are. That's more important. Still, it bothers him that a part of what he is is just gone. That should be impossible.]

Unless... We're in a place that doesn't have time?

[He has been to the Void before in his 4th Life, so maybe this place is something like that? He pauses and stares back. She's good at reading others he will give her that. He stares back and looks a bit stiff. Should he tell her? Would she reject him after the story she told him?]