Anna could rise to Damon's defense, could use her age to her advantage in breaking up both men, but she doesn't much feel up to it. Why? Because she's seen Damon throw undeserving people under the proverbial bus more times than she can count. There was nothing better to do on the Other Side than watch. She stayed close to Jeremy for the most part, but sometimes she wandered, went looking for the others. She bore witness to Damon's selfishness, to his obsession with yet another doppelgänger after Katherine abandoned him and picked one brother over the other.

As far as she was concerned, Ethan handing his ass to him was karma finally kicking in.

"I was, but it's Mystic Falls." She hops off the railing and strolls closer. "You of all people should know people have a bad habit of actually staying dead in that town."