[ color elena not surprised. although the sudden and rare grin doesn't go unnoticed. she's seen plenty of smirks and grins from eric, but this one seems a few good measures without guile. she can't help but return it with a spreading one of her own, mostly because he's definitely ridiculous. him and every other vampire who seems to feel similarly about their knowledge and power over the unsuspecting. re: damon.
her eyes close momentarily and she lets out a soft laugh. yet it gives her pause too. considering what she is now. considering instead of a lifetime, there's an eternity stretched out before her.
she wonders how she might feel in a century or two, and why. her eyes roams over the crowd, over all the people who could be dead long before her. when she turns back to eric, her question is blunt, curious, and with an air of seriousness that wasn't present before. ] Why is that?