The Doctor raised an eyebrow, surprised by that. "Really, you'd do that?"

He hadn't been anticipating that, but he was a bit pleased by it. "Well, I guess that it does make a difference, having someone to do it with."

Honestly, he wasn't sure what his hangup about this was, but the more the talked it over with Minato, the more he realized he was starting to forget about his misgivings, at least a little.