And you let her say that to you?

[He looks less dead now, more upset at hearing this turn of events. The Doctor had every reason to act the way he did-]

Who tells someone how they should feel, must less about- [He catches himself about to get a bit too intense and takes a deep breath.] I am sorry, doctor. I have never had a child, but I am expected to produce an heir...but that pain is one I cannot imagine.