"Hey, I promised I wouldn't tell anyone. They're already used to me having odd requests, I'll just say that you just arrived and I'm trying to run some tests. Give me a heads up if you see anyone you know so we can duck past them. If you still don't want to go, we don't have to go. I work in the morgue, no one cares whether my patients have charts unless they were murdered. You don't look very murdered to me, so no one's going to ask questions."

She understood the snappiness. She didn't know about time lords, but Liv had a fear of anyone finding out about her own condition. Even if it still wasn't cured, simply not being alone in it once her boss back home found out at least made things easier.

"I know what it's like to have something you don't want anyone else to find out about. You can trust me."