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[manipulative]

@KATHERINE

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[manipulative]

Drinking the blood of my enemies.

[ that's... kind of actually true. ]

You do remember my secret, don't you? Bit fangy.

[anklemonitor]

oh

that's right

so you live that long

[manipulative]

Some don't. I make sure I do.

So, your age cap concern? Not that big of an age gap. You're practically the same age.

[ look at katherine actually trying to be all encouraging. ]

[anklemonitor]

does it get boring?

to live that long?

[manipulative]

[ she'd be lying if she said no. ]

It can be very lonely.

[ especially when you kill and push everyone who gets close to you away. ]

You sort of get used to outliving the people you come to care about. The changes in the world keep you preoccupied but... it can get boring when nothing drastically changes and the people always seem to be the same.

[anklemonitor]

so, do you still let yourself care about people?

[manipulative]

[ no. ]

Sometimes.

It's much easier to not care. People leave, even when they're still around. Being immortal just ensures the process repeats itself over and over.

[ she has no idea why she's not lying to him and saying yes, she does let herself care about others. ]

[anklemonitor]

what about uh

what about another person like you?

[manipulative]

Harder.

They can die, too. Maybe it's worse if you've spent a century with one person and one day they're just not there. Maybe it's easier to be around someone who doesn't have as much time to crawl under your skin and make you complacent.

[anklemonitor]

do you want to be with someone like that?

[manipulative]

[ she doesn't reply immediately. ]

No.

I want to be with someone who will always be there, love handles or no love handles. It's not exactly possible for someone who can probably live forever.

[ katherine pierce, forever the romantic and pessimist. ]

[anklemonitor]

do you think there's someone like that out there?

[manipulative]

No, not anymore.

[ a very long time ago, she did believe in it. she had hoped it would have been her first love, then elijah, and now she refuses to believe in anything like that because it hurts far worse to be left behind by someone who chooses to walk away. ]

I don't know why I'm telling you any of this. It's far more depressing than discussing the sexiness of love handles.

[anklemonitor]

i wouldn't completely close the door

because if you do, you might miss getting what you want

[manipulative]

[ he's way too nice. ]

I've done a lot of things to make people never want to step through that door. I think if you knew, you'd change your mind about me.

[anklemonitor]

everyone's done things they're not proud of.

i won't change my mind. i hope you don't close yourself off to it all together.

[manipulative]

Do you always believe the best in people you don't know?

[anklemonitor]

i know you

but yes, i do. i want to believe that about everyone

[manipulative]

[ that gives her pause. if he really knew her, she doesn't think he'd associate with her. ]

What if they were someone who had only done evil? Just pure evil acts, over and over, nothing forgivable. Would you see the good in them, too?

[anklemonitor]

i don't think there's anyone out there who's never done one good thing in their life.

so yeah, there's good in them too.

[manipulative]

[ does katherine want forgiveness? yes. does she want to acknowledge she needs it and what for? no. she's spent so much of her life allowing herself to be the bad guy that she had never once thought to look at herself and see that perhaps she wasn't as lost as some people thought.

it takes her a moment to reply. ]

Cassie's very lucky to have a father who refuses to see the bad in people. It's a very rare gift.

[ she doesn't say—type—that lightly. ]

[anklemonitor]

thanks.

i also play a mean air guitar sometimes.

so that's a plus too.