it comes with being ahead of him in the timeline. it's unfair she has the advantage - that she knows things he doesn't. it's why she took a gamble the day after she betrayed him; the day she took off her vervain necklace and set it aside, all too aware he could compel her if he wanted to. more than a little aware that he wouldn't: he wanted it to be real. and now she's on the other side of it this time, with no vervain necklace to be seen, wanting him to accept what he doesn't remember. and not just from back home, but chicago, too. (and how to explain that to him. will he think she's gone mad?) ]
If I say that you can, will you believe me?
[ her eyes lift to meet his, and they soften. you'd think she was a baby deer, tbh. ] Damon, you can trust me.