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[howruthless]

[she debates a long time before making this entry, trying to find the best way to word this properly. It wasn't that she didn't want to find out who knew her before, and what connections she had, if any, but she didn't want to presume that she had them, or make it sound like she wanted to find them for the wrong reasons

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[historyrepeater]

We were never acquaintances. But, a friend has a friend that continues to return to the castle.

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[howruthless]

That must be difficult for them.

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[historyrepeater]

They're gone, now. Again. It is.

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[howruthless]

I'm sorry.

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[historyrepeater]

Part of me wants my best friend back and the other part is happy she made it home. [ and then there's the part that remembers she went home to die ]

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[howruthless]

She must have meant a lot to you.

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[historyrepeater]

She was the person I trusted my life with.

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[howruthless]

... I don't really have someone like that. I thought I did, but ... everyone I think I can trust finds a way to use me somehow.

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[historyrepeater]

You'll get there. [ He corrects himself. ] You'll find someone like that.

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[howruthless]

I hope you're right.

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[historyrepeater]

I'm Stefan Salvatore.

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[howruthless]

Nice to meet you, Stefan.

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[historyrepeater]

You too, Tess Mercer.

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[howruthless]

How long have you been in the castle?

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[historyrepeater]

This will be my seventh month.

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[howruthless]

That's a long time.