Will glances back and forth between the pair of them, unsure what to react to first. There was just so much that didn't make any sense to him.
"Last I checked it was 1976," he manages at last. Which yes, time travel. It wasn't completely out of the question. But always before, Will had traveled into the past. Never the future. He couldn't even see into it yet, like Merriman could.
"I don't know what you're talking about or who this Doctor is or how you would travel through the universe," Will tells Bad Wolf helplessly. "And the Dark is gone. In the last battle they were finally driven outside of time. They can't come back now. And that's why the time travelers I know left. They were only here because they had a duty. Like a job to be done. And now that it is complete, there was no reason to stay. So they left. They sailed away."
He stops, hesitating for a moment. But if these two already knew about time travel, then perhaps there was not much point in keeping it a secret.
"All except me. I'm the Youngest and the Last, and so it fell to me to keep the Watch." He'd thought he was the only one left.
Finally Will simply looks confused.
"But why would you need a box to travel through time? Doesn't that just overcomplicate it?"
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"Last I checked it was 1976," he manages at last. Which yes, time travel. It wasn't completely out of the question. But always before, Will had traveled into the past. Never the future. He couldn't even see into it yet, like Merriman could.
"I don't know what you're talking about or who this Doctor is or how you would travel through the universe," Will tells Bad Wolf helplessly. "And the Dark is gone. In the last battle they were finally driven outside of time. They can't come back now. And that's why the time travelers I know left. They were only here because they had a duty. Like a job to be done. And now that it is complete, there was no reason to stay. So they left. They sailed away."
He stops, hesitating for a moment. But if these two already knew about time travel, then perhaps there was not much point in keeping it a secret.
"All except me. I'm the Youngest and the Last, and so it fell to me to keep the Watch." He'd thought he was the only one left.
Finally Will simply looks confused.
"But why would you need a box to travel through time? Doesn't that just overcomplicate it?"