The fact that Daryl returns the hug at all means a lot, even if it's brief and not particularly warm. It had been her way of thanking him, though Martha wonders if there might be a better way with someone who seems allergic to physical contact.

It's something she can ponder another time.

"Well, it's a bit complicated. He's been here a few times." In the first instance, he'd been a future version of himself, and that had been a complex situation to deal with. He'd disappeared soon after, though, so Martha hadn't been given much time to work through it.

Then he'd come again, in a more familiar form, lasting for a few weeks before disappearing once more. And now there's this. Third time's the charm?

"This time around, though, he arrived on the last day of my event." She and Daryl had spent some time fortifying the mansion just a day or so before the Doctor showed up again. "He's still very new."