It was true. Her lover probably could best him. The unkillable Original. Oh how very Katherine. Tie herself to someone who could protect her, keep her safe. She needed that didn't she, which is why the threat of turning from him, from Him, had had the desired effect. But she'd forgotten one thing about him. The Hal that was her friend, the Hal that was talking to her now. The only thing keeping him fighting was Alex. And already he had gone to far to have her forgive him this time.
"That's it though isn't it. Elijah would kill me. And maybe that would be a kind of release I can only dream of. No craving, no hell. But you, you'd be dead, or worse. There are very few ways this can end and only one of us is at all afraid of death."
He wasn't scared of her telling Elijah. Once she agreed, once she made that step and helped him then she was equally cursed. Alex would hate her, everyone would hate her and he was banking on that. Because all he needed from her was for her to comply.
"Katherine look, I don't mean to be cruel. And it is. I know what I ask of you is cruel but you have to know, you have to understand that he would be more cruel. He would tear you down, break you in every way known to man and beast and more besides. Elijah couldn't save you because...because there would be nothing to save. I'm pleading with you here to help me. To keep me safe because...I can't do this anymore. I can't walk that line and stay the man I am. Its not possible and its taken me till now to see it. I've not killed yet. I've come close but not yet, and there is only so long without blood that I can guarentee I won't."
It was a curse, and one he could no longer take.
"I know what I told you. And its me...right now at least its me. But Katherine, I've left a boy bloody and broken in the street because he picked the worst time possible to try and mug me. I've...I can't tell Alex. I can't loose her and Mitchell is...well he is the last person that could help me. So it has to be you. You understand me. You understand why I need it and god, just please!" he finally added, his voice pleading.