[ she gives him a pointed, unimpressed look. ] Half an hour. Granted, I didn't kick it across the street.

[ instead, she took it to what is going to become her favourite cafe and spoke to it.

looking down at the box, her demeanour changes slightly—she's less katherine, all uppity and in his space, and more like someone he probably refuses to see. pulling her thick coat more tightly around herself, ] Make sure you're with someone when you use it. Like Damon.

[ or her, but she knows she's not invited and she doesn't intend to insert herself where she no longer belongs. something funky happened when she lit that match; she wishes she'd been with someone when she had. ]