CLARA:

          ❛ LOVE, THAT’S NOT how it works. ❜      she did her homework, and besides, the only cases she’d be working on would involve alien threats. ( it was kind of her SPECIALTY ) her hands attached themselves to his jacket, pulling him in for a very quick kiss.      ❛ i have heard of the index. i’m on it, actually. and they wouldn’t experiment on you, or the doctor. that’s not what they do. ❜

          ^{feelings like this won’t just go away because of her faith in the system.
          call it SURVIVAL instinct, maybe even as little as a hunch – quill just
          doesn’t place a whole lot of TRUST in shield. instead allowing personal
          beliefs to interfere with anything between  T H E M, he’ll submit to her
          reasoning for the time being. a white lie, meant to placate her. honesty
          has never really been the strongest aspect of his personality, anyways.} 

               ^{“ – alright. i believe you. “}