[And all at once, the doctor has become one of Jack's favorite people.]

"See! Live and let live, so many people in the last century I was in for a while just didn't get that. But I guess that's all in the past now..."

[Oops. You made yourself sad again, Jack. He trails off, and stares into a middle distance for a moment, before he pastes a smile back on his face, but this one is much less genuine.]

"Mood music? Did we just wrap the conversation back around to Gilbert and Sullivan? Can never go wrong with the classics."

[Jack briefly pauses to see if his attempt at distraction is working.]