"Maybe I was unconsciously avoiding the inevitable." Which was way deeper thinking than he was usually comfortable with, but he was a little drunk and in a mood.
"Danica was not kind. Giving a damn gave her a way in, like killing me and making me one of you wasn't fucking bad enough she wanted to play." So yes, he's lucky that his Elena is kind. And from the sound of things that he's content Hannibal supposes with being a vampire.
"I like assholes, at least you're honest." He was an asshole, he was sleeping with an asshole.