[The Doctor shakes his head again. Always so eager to see the good in someone he will deliberately make himself ignorant to the bad or to the flaws. He knows everyone has them. In Felix's case, he might well have seen some and for how that came about, what the Mara did... Left with the impression of the Mara twirling Felix's hair through his own fingers and the manipulation at play, it repulses him and challenges everything he is. What makes it worse is that on some level, he thinks that Felix liked it.]

For a wizard's nature, you make it sound like an atonement. Are you so inclined to follow the crowd, give in to that nature or be so ambivalent? I think not. Every success Felix no matter how small, that's the reward. Even for a failure, if you at least tried.

Magic impacting our lives here, I shall certainly give you that. Just because yours - or you - are misunderstood, that doesn't mean you should give up.

[He reaches for his cooling tea, making a very quick and wry smile at the same time.] Notice that I didn't say 'shout louder'.