Terry grumped his way down to custody.

Ramani had finally gone off the deep end as far as he was concerned. Or got her end in deep. Either way, it wasn't promising.

But ultimately, beneath his grumbling and his dark suspicions (and was that jealousy?), he did trust her. Completely. She was like a sister - he knew her, without even asking, inside and out. And through the bickering, he'd be there. So here he was, doing as he was told.

The cell door was ajar, and he nudged it open.

"You're free to go," he said to the Doctor. "Guvnor's orders."

The Doctor got up to stretch his legs. "I'm glad your 'guvnor' has more common sense than you do, Perkins."

"Yeah, enough of the lip."

Terry held the door open for him and for Reg, who was still in the cell with him.

"DC Masters is getting your belongings."

"Good. I'd like to apologise to her for the unfortunate - though perfectly understandable, I hope - accusations I made earlier. And, er—" The Doctor rubbed his neck. "I should also like to apologise to you."

"Forget it," said Terry, a bit sorry for the old man.

The Doctor took a seat on the custody bench, with Reg sitting down beside him. Terry slouched back against the desk and sniffed.

Presently, Jo returned from the property store carrying a brown paper parcel.

"Here you are, Doctor. Hope your stay was a pleasant one."

"Thank you, my dear. I'm sure it was very pleasant indeed. Now, about what I said before…"

"It's nothing," said Jo, smiling at him pleasantly. "Water off a duck's."

Terry peeled himself from the custody desk. "Let's get the sod out of here," he said, and he left, taking Jo with him.

"So. Doctor," began Reg with exaggerated flippancy. "I imagine you'll be going then?"

"Well I was going to wait for my companion, Jo. But she did say she was going to the warehouse, which is also the best place for me to resume my search. So perhaps, yes - I should be going, as you say."

"I'll be sorry to see you leave."

Reg extended his hand for shaking. The Doctor looked at it. "Well I do hope this isn't goodbye just yet. I was rather hoping you'd join me."

Reg's eyes blazed, just for an instant. "Oh. Yes, well. I'd like that very much, as it goes."