[I - he - I wouldn't have cared, Stefan has to remind himself as he places his hands on his hips and stares down at the ground. At one point, long before faith mattered, he wouldn't have cared.
Back home, he had people to share the pain of Echoes with, because they knew. They knew how irreversible they were, and how bit by bit, your old self vanished to make way for the life you used to live. Stefan's not sure which terrifies him more: learning more about Salvatore, or losing the pieces of Alesci that matter the most.]
I should've-- I should've told you, I got a ton of memories back after calibrations.
[Some less good than others. But eventually, those memories - and the traits associated with them - were going to take a toll on him. Guess he shouldn't have tried to delay the inevitable.]
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[I - he - I wouldn't have cared, Stefan has to remind himself as he places his hands on his hips and stares down at the ground. At one point, long before faith mattered, he wouldn't have cared.
Back home, he had people to share the pain of Echoes with, because they knew. They knew how irreversible they were, and how bit by bit, your old self vanished to make way for the life you used to live. Stefan's not sure which terrifies him more: learning more about Salvatore, or losing the pieces of Alesci that matter the most.]
I should've-- I should've told you, I got a ton of memories back after calibrations.
[Some less good than others. But eventually, those memories - and the traits associated with them - were going to take a toll on him. Guess he shouldn't have tried to delay the inevitable.]
But I didn't and I - I'm so, so sorry.