Grim and Sorry

This, plus River's use of the Tenth Doctor's grim Catch Phrase for people he knows are going to die ("I'm sorry, I'm so sorry") leads to the theory that she will be present at his death.

Source: I Know Your True Name
Presentable Liberty: As you sit in a jail cell reading letters from various people, a woman named Charlotte starts sending some telling a grim tale of what's happening beyond those walls, her final one a splotched with blood, with only the words, "I'm sorry".

Source: Blood-Stained Letter
In The Sims 3, If a Sim with the Unlucky or Loser trait dies of anything but old age, the Grim Reaper will revive them on the grounds that he "feels sorry" for them, and that they provide too much amusement to be killed off.

Source: Rule of Empathy

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