[ katherine's nonchalance is a reminder — no matter how much more grounded caroline feels today than she had when katherine had smothered her with a pillow, it's nothing compared to the maddening serenity of five hundred years of experience. what feels like earth-shattering disaster to caroline may very well be just a tremor to katherine, who has survived so much by sheer will alone.

so, maybe she's right. maybe caroline has problems, and katherine doesn't. ]

Okay. So I have bigger problems.

[ conceding the point, for the moment, but not lost. if stefan is worried, caroline at least knows it's not entirely her own crisis to bear. damon might not be helpful, but stefan has always been there for her... even when he shouldn't have been. another twinge of guilt. ]

My point is, there are bigger problems than that. For me, if not for you.

[ why would killing caroline have ever been a problem for katherine, anyway? ]

Or do you not want to get out of here too?