( she regrets it as soon as she says it. accurate or not, elena isn't here to play tit for tat. she can accept it was wrong of her to break her promise, and she did promise. she can even accept that it was a risk to entertain him, and missing the real damon was no reason for it. but it's more than that.
elena is all too aware of damon's instinct to protect her. if something ever were to happen to her, it really would be over damon's dead body, and that's what scares her. his recklessness with the mirrors already worries her, he didn't need to deal with his own on top of that. )
Okay, fine. Let's say that's true. Let's say he does want something. Isn't it better to keep him close?
( even if the mirrors did want something, as long as the barrier remains intact, they can't touch her. being amiable could lead to more information. outright hostility never got them anywhere, and these reflections are going nowhere.
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elena is all too aware of damon's instinct to protect her. if something ever were to happen to her, it really would be over damon's dead body, and that's what scares her. his recklessness with the mirrors already worries her, he didn't need to deal with his own on top of that. )
Okay, fine. Let's say that's true. Let's say he does want something. Isn't it better to keep him close?
( even if the mirrors did want something, as long as the barrier remains intact, they can't touch her. being amiable could lead to more information. outright hostility never got them anywhere, and these reflections are going nowhere.
they're there, whether they like it or not. )