Since he's a Time Lord, it's an integral part of himself and much more refined than River's abilities?
I see what you mean, but I think your comment about how relying on it alone is difficult may be connected to my point; he realizes that his time sense alone is not nearly as helpful to him without context ... and if he connects the dots and realizes how much River can do, using context and her vestigial time-sense, he might be more impressed with what she can do than he previously was.
Sort of like telling a guy with a Volkswagen that it doesn't compare to your Lamborghini - and then having most systems on the Lamborghini break down, making it capable of going only 50 miles an hour (on the way to the garage), and you discover the Volkswagen owner has supercharged the Bug, and compensated for its rather unaerodynamic build with some jury-rigged architectural innovations, and it can go 160 without overturning or flying. Your Lamborghini will always go faster when all systems are in order, but the Lamborghini owner now and forever knows that he or she had better give some dap to the Bug owner.
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Date: 2015-10-12 02:39 am (UTC)I see what you mean, but I think your comment about how relying on it alone is difficult may be connected to my point; he realizes that his time sense alone is not nearly as helpful to him without context ... and if he connects the dots and realizes how much River can do, using context and her vestigial time-sense, he might be more impressed with what she can do than he previously was.
Sort of like telling a guy with a Volkswagen that it doesn't compare to your Lamborghini - and then having most systems on the Lamborghini break down, making it capable of going only 50 miles an hour (on the way to the garage), and you discover the Volkswagen owner has supercharged the Bug, and compensated for its rather unaerodynamic build with some jury-rigged architectural innovations, and it can go 160 without overturning or flying. Your Lamborghini will always go faster when all systems are in order, but the Lamborghini owner now and forever knows that he or she had better give some dap to the Bug owner.
Does that make sense?