Yeah, it's a pretty common one. And understandable, considering the circumstances.
[She's not entirely surprised. It's sometimes hard to imagine Elijah being anything but calm and collected, but this is a little bit out of everyone's realm. She assumes he thinks he's seen everything, being as old as he is. But no one's really seen this kind of thing.]
I got to experience first hand what happens if you don't. Trust me, you don't want to. And it would be worse for you than it was for me.
[And frankly, with Elijah here, she wants him at full strength, for the sake of everyone she cares about that's here too. If anyone can keep Klaus on his current path of being seemingly civil, it's his older brother.]
[ This isn't the first time he's heard about potential ramifications for non-cooperation but it is the most direct warning by far. She won't see it of course but his brows furrow and his mouth settles into a thin line. ]
I'm still human. I'm used to getting sick, to being physically weaker than everyone else. It starts out like the flu, but it gets progressively worse, until you can't move. In your case...you'll begin to lose your abilities when it starts, too.
[She doesn't have super strength or speed to lose. She imagines that the difference would be that much more noticeable and debilitating.]
[ For as much as Elijah often longs to go back to a simpler time -- the idea of being stripped of his customary powers is a disconcerting one, to be sure. And it's just another reminder, too, that they are dealing with foes powerful enough to wrangle not just one but three Originals. ]
Remarkable.
[ He mutters to himself. ]
So we truly have no choice but to cave to their demands.
We always have a choice. Most of the time, anyway. It just...isn't a very good one.
[She's not sure if it would have killed her eventually, but again, that would have been a choice. It was the effects of the aloe that had rid her of the sense to make her decisions consciously.]
Just be careful what you eat and who you're around. Sometimes it can have an effect on your instincts.
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[She's not entirely surprised. It's sometimes hard to imagine Elijah being anything but calm and collected, but this is a little bit out of everyone's realm. She assumes he thinks he's seen everything, being as old as he is. But no one's really seen this kind of thing.]
I got to experience first hand what happens if you don't. Trust me, you don't want to. And it would be worse for you than it was for me.
[And frankly, with Elijah here, she wants him at full strength, for the sake of everyone she cares about that's here too. If anyone can keep Klaus on his current path of being seemingly civil, it's his older brother.]
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[ This isn't the first time he's heard about potential ramifications for non-cooperation but it is the most direct warning by far. She won't see it of course but his brows furrow and his mouth settles into a thin line. ]
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[She doesn't have super strength or speed to lose. She imagines that the difference would be that much more noticeable and debilitating.]
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Remarkable.
[ He mutters to himself. ]
So we truly have no choice but to cave to their demands.
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[She's not sure if it would have killed her eventually, but again, that would have been a choice. It was the effects of the aloe that had rid her of the sense to make her decisions consciously.]
Just be careful what you eat and who you're around. Sometimes it can have an effect on your instincts.