[ it's not until rebekah thanks her that elena realizes she would have even expected a snide remark. but it's honest, however stiff or grudging.
elena takes it, nods. she is hard to trust; she accepts that. understands. not any more or less than rebekah is trustworthy here - but maybe she's starting to feel some trust here too, even if it's only building on what she trusts about rebekah. on their honesty. ] I care about her too. [ she might not know quinn well, but she does enough. she wouldn't need to know her to care in the first place. ]