That's a new one. Usually people call me a martyr.

[ that doesn't mean she isn't, nor does that mean he doesn't think she is. elena knows she takes everything onboard. she has to; this is her fault.

she lets out a breath, hands coming to rub against her arms wrapped up in her thick coat. ]

Maybe we should lock the door and move something in front of it when we go back. Just in case.

[ just in case a spectre decides to infiltrate their room… or that shadow. elena wants to believe—stupidly and passionately—that a shadowy thing can't melt through a wall. ]