"Thought you might say that," he said quietly, smiling at him tightly. He couldn't forget, not really. How could he? As hard as it was to look at those memories. To watch them in his mind almost like a movie, he couldn't deny them. He could see himself happy. How could he possibly dismiss that, even if it was only an echo.

"Oh never say never, Doctor," Jack said, attempting optimism. "Never know what's around the corner. Lets just hope we get on this time around, right?" He laughed slightly, but it was one of those laughs that if you listened past the surface it could easily be a sob.

He glanced back at the manipulator and nodded, "How's that coming?"