As Donna had so helpfully pointed out many times, Itsuki and the Doctor were more than a little similar when it came to difficult situations. Clam up, refuse all help, and pretend everything was all right. Any offers to help or to rally the more powerful members of the community would be thoroughly shot down, whether they'd be effective or not. And Itsuki was very nearly sure that something would be effective, when the time came.

"I don't see any particular reason to let the community at large know," he said idly. And while the Doctor was lulling himself into a false sense of martyr-like security, he'd be investigating things very carefully.