[ it's not as if elena's unwilling to tell her story - a lot of it just isn't hers to tell. caroline and damon are here; they want to stay here. seemingly as humans.
but the last thing she wants to do is lie or skew the truth to zatanna. ] I'm - [ how to explain ] - here because I was... willing to be the bad guy for the people I love. I fought back against someone who would have hurt me, and them. [ did. killed her, even. killed aunt jenna. would have killed them all. still would. ]