"Wow, you're quick to assume. Which is, by the way, part of your actual problem. You assume too much, Damon, whether it be of the people around you, what they're saying to you, or even what you are trying to tell yourself. Maybe if you stopped assuming, you wouldn't be such a terrible vampire. I survived for five hundred years working my way around not being a completely terrible vampire. Just because we're predators doesn't mean we have to be terrible. That's a choice you make for yourself."

Anna frowns at him, taking a healthy step back from him as she crosses her arms over her chest. She can tell he's hurting, but it's not really her problem. Or her business. She senses there's more to this recent bought of hurt than she's aware of.

"If you can't afford to feel it and are so set on being terrible, then why haven't you just turned it off?"