[ no, the point of that was to get under her skin. or something. maybe it was to get ric to ask; she doesn't know. all she knows is it seems to be in veridical's programming to try to agitate her. if elena didn't know any better, she would say the AI enjoyed it.
but she does, and right now it's time to tell ric. she didn't feel like she owed him a head's up on this one -- at least not like she would have told caroline, because they're friends, and because she promised. ric's different.
she's upset, even rattled, but she stops and looks up at him, down to his chest. ] Damon and I have -- a license. It allow us to... [ her eyes flick back up to ric's. c'mon, get this. ] If we want. We can be physical.