Damon: Come here. Stefan
Salvatore did this to you.
Vicki: Stefan Salvatore did
this to me.
Damon: He’s a vampire.注1 A vicious,
murderous monster.
Stefan: Please, Damon. Please
don’t do this.
Damon: If you couldn’t fix it before,
I don’t know what you can do now. Your choice of lifestyle has made you weak. A
couple of vampire parlor tricks is nothing compared to the power that you could
have, that you now need. But you can change that. Human blood gives you that.
Vicki: No!
Damon: You have two choices. You
can feed and make her forget. Or you can let her run, screaming “vampire”
through the town square.
Stefan: That’s what this is
about? You want to expose me?
Damon: No! I want you to
remember who you are!
Stefan: Why? So what? = 1 \* GB3 ① So I’ll feed? So I’ll kill? So I’ll remember what
it’s like to be brothers again? You know what, let her go. Let her tell
everyone that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls. Let them chain me up,
and let them drive a stake through my heart, because at least I’ll be free of you.
Damon: No, I slept with her
because I liked her. I turned her because she begged me to. Yeah. But you knew
that, too, didn’t you? Hmm. I guess she wasn’t happy at home, wasn’t happy with
life in general, wasn’t happy with you. Ah, this is a shame. We’re kindred
spirits, abandoned by the women we love. Unrequited of love sucks. Sounds like
I got a lung. Which means I get to sit here and watch you die.
Stefan: What happened? What did
you do?
Damon: Dude, what? He attacked
me.
Stefan: Damon.
Damon: All I did was tell him
the truth. His wife didn’t want him anymore. It’s not my fault he couldn’t
handle it.
Stefan: Like you’ve been
handling Katherine?
Damon: I’m handling it fine. You
know what? Isobel came to me. She found me. And if she’s related to Elena, that
means she’s related to Katherine. Maybe Katherine sent her to me.
Stefan: Stop it. You don’t have
to keep looking.
Damon: Can’t be a coincidence
Isobel sought
me out. Mm-mmm. Can’t. I’m assuming you’ll take care of this. = 2 \* GB3 ②