[…Yes, the real Doctor. The one who helped you. The one who used you. The one you killed. Never forget, Russell, you can’t save anyone now.]

……No matter what I do, it won’t bring them back.

[His voice is quieter, worn out. He looks away from her, staring straight ahead.]

…Doctor said I should help the people here, though. ……That they’d be grateful for assistance, even from trash like me. So…

[So that’s where he’s at right now. He didn’t have an answer to the atonement question either, but he at least had a bit of direction.]