The Doctor can relate to that more than she can imagine. Different situations - his was first the destruction of Gallifrey, then going back in time to save it. Then learning he may or may not have saved it. It is still lost to him.
He notes the way she fingers her locket. It's not unlike the way he would stroke bits of the TARDIS, especially after she had been in that human body. It reminds him of how it felt when Susan... "You lost someone close to you."
It was stated as fact. He would have no way to know if it was lover, child or dear friend. Emotions were funny things that way. But he knew the gesture - a little too much.
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Until recently he would say 'Love' is not only too cliché but too human for him to understand. But, that's one thing PE and Clara had taught him. "Love isn't an emotion. It's a promise. And not even the Cybermen could destroy that part of humanity."
He notes the way she fingers her locket. It's not unlike the way he would stroke bits of the TARDIS, especially after she had been in that human body. It reminds him of how it felt when Susan... "You lost someone close to you."
It was stated as fact. He would have no way to know if it was lover, child or dear friend. Emotions were funny things that way. But he knew the gesture - a little too much.