I didn't—I wasn't screwing with time. I was saving someone's life.
[ She knows what happened and what she did, and gets a little defensive about it. The only other person who can say anything regarding what Clara did is River, and Clara doesn't think the other woman would call it screwing with time. Or maybe she would? The conversation is making her feel off-balance somehow, like he has the upper hand in a game she didn't know she was playing. ]
Look, it doesn't work like that, I'm already here, there wouldn't be another copy of me, there's no reason. I'm not trying to deny anything, I just know how it works and there's not two of me here.
[ Which makes his other comments about seeing her make no sense, and Clara turns her back to rest her hands on the counter, staring down into the sink as if it'll have all the answers. ]
Since when does a tween know so much about time paradoxes?
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[ She knows what happened and what she did, and gets a little defensive about it. The only other person who can say anything regarding what Clara did is River, and Clara doesn't think the other woman would call it screwing with time. Or maybe she would? The conversation is making her feel off-balance somehow, like he has the upper hand in a game she didn't know she was playing. ]
Look, it doesn't work like that, I'm already here, there wouldn't be another copy of me, there's no reason. I'm not trying to deny anything, I just know how it works and there's not two of me here.
[ Which makes his other comments about seeing her make no sense, and Clara turns her back to rest her hands on the counter, staring down into the sink as if it'll have all the answers. ]
Since when does a tween know so much about time paradoxes?