[this time he lets her forehead butt up against his, but he still doesn't open his eyes or look at her]
Yeah. Yeah ... River said it was because of him ...
[he sniffs, and his voice turns quiet and heartbroken]
But I didn't come get you. I wanted to and I--I couldn't. And you ... you must've known, then. That we knew you were gone. And it was weeks, and I didn't come for you ... I swore I'd always come for you, no matter what ...
[he doesn't know that Amy spent those weeks telling Melody stories about her father, reassuring her that he WAS coming. To him it's another source of guilt, another reason for Amy to resent him]
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Yeah. Yeah ... River said it was because of him ...
[he sniffs, and his voice turns quiet and heartbroken]
But I didn't come get you. I wanted to and I--I couldn't. And you ... you must've known, then. That we knew you were gone. And it was weeks, and I didn't come for you ... I swore I'd always come for you, no matter what ...
[he doesn't know that Amy spent those weeks telling Melody stories about her father, reassuring her that he WAS coming. To him it's another source of guilt, another reason for Amy to resent him]