Not then. We argued a few days later. [ Her breath shudders out. She steels herself and hardens her heart as she looks back at him. ] Caroline's a vampire. She turned me. She fed me her blood and then she killed me. [ She has to add, quickly tacking on ] I'm not dangerous. I don't -- want to hurt people. There's a switch vampires have. It's called a humanity switch, and when things get too hard or impossible to take, vampires can flip it. [ It's not as simple as that, not for vampires like Stefan, but it's the easiest way to explain it. ] I don't want to flip mine, I can't, but everything is amplified.

[ Including feelings. ] It's why I'm here. I need to talk, I need to work through everything that happened. I lost my parents in a car accident. And my aunt to Klaus. My biological mother and father because of Klaus. Alaric because of Klaus' mother. [ Her breathing quickens but she regulates herself, eyes closing. ] If this is too much, understand. You didn't sign up to hear about the life and death of Elena Gilbert. Either time.