"Months, had to have been. It was a long journey along the silk road."

Just as the whole affair was a long story. The Doctor, perhaps frustratingly so, decided to remain vague about most of her questions. Choosing instead to use the moment to suck every last drop of milkshake from the bottom of his glass as if he hadn't heard them... and squirm in his chair just to make sure the wiggle was still cured.

"You're being meandering, but daft? No, I don't think so."