𝗩𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗠, ᵗᵛᵈ ¹

𝟭𝟴. under control

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡
𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛...

[SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE]

[Stefan is doing exercises in his bedroom. Damon enters with a glass of blood in his hands.]

DAMON: Could you turn it up a little bit? It's not annoying yet.

STEFAN: Sorry.

[Damon switches off the music.]

DAMON: When are you going back to school?

STEFAN: Soon.

[Stefan is on the floor, doing push-ups.]

DAMON: Oh come on. Just drink already. Come on, this self-detox is not natural.

[He puts the glass next to Stefan.]

STEFAN: Can you get that away from me please?

DAMON: How long did it take you to wean yourself of it the last time you indulged?

[Stefan continues doing push ups.]

DAMON: That's not good.

STEFAN: I'll be fine; it just takes a little bit of time.

DAMON: I don't get it; you know, you don't have to kill to survive.
That's what blood banks are for. I haven't hunted in a human in. God way too long.

STEFAN: Oh, I'm impressed.

DAMON: It's completely self-serving. I'm trying to get the town off the trail of vampires which is not very easy considering that there is an entire tomb of them running around.

STEFAN: What are we planning on doing about that?

DAMON: We are not going to do much of anything if you don't have your strength. There's nothing wrong with partaking in a healthy diet of human blood from a blood bank. You're not actually killing anyone.