"I know you are," he said quietly. And he had seen it, in so many ways. So why did he still ask for more? Kol wasn't sure. But he knew that had to stop, and it would because he refused to be the reason his brother lost all the progress he'd made, to be the one that made him prove the rest of Lawrence right about him, and the rest of them by default association. "He does, but...we're what he has. And I think Henrik's okay with that." At least, Kol hoped he was.
He nodded at his comment about Caroline, and to the one about life shaping people. "It does, for all of us. Maybe it can be different here." If they could all just stop arguing every five seconds, but sometimes Kol wondered if they were capable of more than that. Somewhere, deep down, he felt they were, but there was so much to get through before they found that kind of peace that it just felt like it would never happen. "I love you too, Nik. Always and forever, right?" It sounded so ridiculous sometimes, but it was what it was, a promise when they had been spelled into their immortality. One they all had gone to ridiculous lengths to keep, under any circumstance.
"I think we can. For once." Kol agreed, nodding slowly, "I really do."