[ He used to. It used to be burned into him. He was bravado and not giving af, but, he always cared underneath the surface. It was his brother's humanity that was precariously perched. ]
You do this. We all do this. For one reason or another.
[ And now her Katherine is coming out, questioning, the attitude. This is more like it. ]
She got it in one. [ That's impressive. He's heading away now, moving over to the pool table she wouldn't recognize as Katherine anyway , because he acquired it after she died. His lips come together in a subtle considering way, shoulders rising. He could make it taste better if he wanted.
Picking up a cue, pointing it at her ]
It's not about feeling normal, Katherine, it's about a safe space where we can all talk about whatever the hell is going on out there. [ He keeps back 'how none of this might not be real' because this could be a part of that, with Katherine a vampire again to boot. Stefan's tossed the idea of the Phoenix stone, but than whose hell would this be, they've both been through that. And Damon's wondered if this is Rayna's idea of a distraction. Incapacitate them while she hunts. Or, him so he can't save his brother.
Or do anything else he was planning.
She apologizes and it's not something he can even imagine coming out of Katherine's mouth, much less has ever heard it. He brings the pool cue up, vertically, listening to this foreign creature. ]
I think you're right.
[ He's not apologizing. He can't apologize. He did something that was necessary. She wouldn't have known. She wouldn't have dropped her act. But, he is also a man capable of compassion, so he decides not to tell her that's exactly what she's done in the past.
He'd like nothing more than to jam the cue in his hand into Katherine's heart - over and over again, but not this Katherine. Not like this.
Not yet.
So, he sets it down. ]
Apology accepted. Now, how about we do something about your memory block. Now, I can't get past whatever's happening, and Stefan can't either but what I can do is share. Sure, I can set the scene, but I can also share a memory - of you
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You do this. We all do this. For one reason or another.
[ And now her Katherine is coming out, questioning, the attitude. This is more like it. ]
She got it in one. [ That's impressive. He's heading away now, moving over to the pool table she wouldn't recognize as Katherine anyway , because he acquired it after she died. His lips come together in a subtle considering way, shoulders rising. He could make it taste better if he wanted.
Picking up a cue, pointing it at her ]
It's not about feeling normal, Katherine, it's about a safe space where we can all talk about whatever the hell is going on out there. [ He keeps back 'how none of this might not be real' because this could be a part of that, with Katherine a vampire again to boot. Stefan's tossed the idea of the Phoenix stone, but than whose hell would this be, they've both been through that. And Damon's wondered if this is Rayna's idea of a distraction. Incapacitate them while she hunts. Or, him so he can't save his brother.
Or do anything else he was planning.
She apologizes and it's not something he can even imagine coming out of Katherine's mouth, much less has ever heard it. He brings the pool cue up, vertically, listening to this foreign creature. ]
I think you're right.
[ He's not apologizing. He can't apologize. He did something that was necessary. She wouldn't have known. She wouldn't have dropped her act. But, he is also a man capable of compassion, so he decides not to tell her that's exactly what she's done in the past.
He'd like nothing more than to jam the cue in his hand into Katherine's heart - over and over again, but not this Katherine. Not like this.
Not yet.
So, he sets it down. ]
Apology accepted. Now, how about we do something about your memory block. Now, I can't get past whatever's happening, and Stefan can't either but what I can do is share. Sure, I can set the scene, but I can also share a memory - of you
[ another beat. ]
...if you want it.