"Of course it hurts. It always hurts when you care." she shook her head. That was one lesson she'd learned a long time ago and maybe it was part of why she was how she was. Everything else aside.
Katherine shook her head, "I'm not that girl anymore, Damon, and I haven't been in a really long time. She got lost awhile ago. I've tried, you know, I've tried to find the girl I used to be but I think I've just come to the conclusion she's long gone and I'll never really get her back." Something she hadn't actually even mentioned to Elijah, eternally hopeful that his sweet Katerina was still buried beneath the bitchy survivalist exterior. Sometimes, she just didn't have it in her to break his illusions. "And there's nothing wrong with that, there's really not, despite what some people might say."
"Oh, stop knowing when I'm lying, Damon." She said, her tone annoyed but also teasing.