Yes, I think that's my favorite line of any I've written in any fic ever. *grins* But, it's so true. I even made an icon out of it.

Thank you. There was definitely a huge difference between early Nine/Rose and where they'd got to before this happened. They'd got to everything before the Doctor Dances/The Empty Child so there were definitely feelings but nothing had been truly realized yet and that's Rose's head space for this. Rose is just sort of overwhelmed. Fortunately he's a very patient man.