"Stay and do what, Elena?" Damon snapped, his frustration turning to anger. There was no easy answer to the situation they were in, and he knew that sooner or later, his own selfishness would kick back in and leave the slave exposed. It was just the way things worked, and he had no expectations that he would suddenly become selfless.
"I stay and you freeze, or I give in and drain you. I go and you freeze. At least if I'm gone, you have one less thing to worry about."