She hadn't been completely alone. Not completely. There was Ianto, Jack, and Donna that whole time. They'd kept her sane when it seemed like she'd slip away.

Rose gave a soft frown, and settled on the bed near him, still watching him. "If I tell you...you've...got to promise not to leave me here. Give me a chance to say goodbye to the people I care about here, and...just...leave me in that universe I found you in, yeah?" Her gaze fell to her hands, knotted in her lap. She was who she was. She couldn't change it. Wouldn't. Yet..somehow her Doctor could still make her feel ashamed of that, even without knowing what it was. "I can still do good there."