A chance—is that what this is? The Dreamscape, this void that’s showing everyone their worst nightmares…like some kind of opportunity to change things, or at least let them go?

…or just to meet people like Jack, people like the Doctor, who will just—unlock and open the cell door to every personal prison?

“You deserve one too, you know.”

He doesn’t intend to speak, it just…sort of happens as John finds himself meeting the Doctor’s eyes.

“Don’t matter what planet you come from, sir—when you’re a soldier, the only war that makes you a monster is the one you don’t regret. And for what I saw—for what it’s worth? If I’d been there to serve under you…I’d have followed you into the fire.”