Ah, Rose! How could I have let you slip away? Why did I not take the time to make sure your grip was more secure?
I will be eternally grateful to Pete for coming back for you. As painful as it is to be separated by dimensions, I'm sure it's nowhere near as painful as it would be to have lost you completely to the Void.
Who am I kidding? I am devastated. My hearts feel as if they have been broken beyond repair. My pink and yellow human, my beautiful companion, my darling girl – lost to me forever.
I will find a way to say goodbye. I wish it didn't have to be goodbye, but I owe you at least that much. It's partly selfishness on my part – the least I can do is fight to see your face again, even if I can't hold your hand or pull you into my embrace.
Would that I could go back in time – ha! I can, but not the way I want. Not to change the things I want to change, to do the things I left undone.
Would that I had told you what you meant to me. Explained that when I was reborn with this face, I was formed from the love my former self had for you. Taken the chance to kiss you, to hold you, to tell you the things that were in my hearts.
But no – I suffered from a Time Lord's arrogance, and I put off those conversations, gave up those opportunities, and now I have to live forever with the consequences of my inaction.
I always thought we'd have more time. Now time is all I have, and none of it with you.