Oh, great. Another fucking detective bent on unearthing Alex Kralie's Greatest Mysteries. Alex narrows his eyes. He's treading on thin ice. If he doesn't give Damon what he wants -

Well. The end result may be a touch bloody.

If he does? The end result will still be bloody. He can't win.

Story of his goddamn life.

"Doesn't matter," he says harshly. "It doesn't matter if you're a vampire, or what. It's not your body this thing messes with, it's your brain. Dying's the only thing that stops it."

And lucky Damon, looks like that little easy way out is off the table.