[ thing is, the doctor isn't very good at giving up. or at listening to other people, for that matter. he's more aware than most that there's something going on here, and he's quite certain that once he gets to the bottom of it, things will all work out. so he doesn't concern himself overly with rose's pronouncement, as he heads them towards the medbay lifts, just treats it a bit like a joke. ]

A job!

[ he laughs, a touch nervously, remembering the last time they'd talked about this. humans and their obsession with settling down. but then, he'd had a job, not long ago, if only briefly, and he thought he'd been quite good at it. ]

I'm sure on a space ship that won't be too much trouble. I've worked for NASA, after all. Or, well, with NASA. All right, mostly I broke into a rocket, but I do have a lot of experience with spacecrafts! The point is, it's not as though I'm going to have to work in a shop.

[ ah. ]

Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.