( peter stares. and then stares some more like he can't quite. if this is what bonnie has left him, if it's her last communication to him then he can't- he doesn't know that he can open it straight away. he wants to savor it. he wants to not finish it all off by opening up this box.

he holds it in his hands.

stares at his hands, at the box.

it's why maybe he changes tactics, because he still feels like- like he failed elena, failed their friendship. he hasn't had many of those, and- )

I saw what Fitz did, and- and I never anticipated it. He was my friend, and I thought we'd talk about- about what it felt and meant together. Not- not what he did. ( not klaus knowing now about what happened too, not. all of it. ) I spoke to him afterward. I quit.

I know it doesn't change anything.