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[There's a deep sigh on the other end of the line because no shit. That's an observation David would have made himself. Especially if this was related to London.

London was a shit show.]

Send me what you know about Elena. And I'll talk to the elders and see who we can swing.

Don't tell them I've been compromised. It's going to be okay. Whatever the fuck is going on. I'll send you what I send, I will handle it. Love you, Dav.

( Nailed it. He ends the call before he can get any further into being burned. But, as he brings his phone down, he half expects a call back. Or, a strongly worded message. Or, worse. Astral projection. For now, he's alone in the on-call room and he taps his phone against his forehead.

Everything is getting out of hand. But, what do witches do? They contain it. They erase it if they have to. )

[After handling her own conversations, she takes a seat outside the room that's currently housing Stiles. Elena will be returned to it when the imaging is done, but for now she's just ... tired. The adrenaline and anger are fading, and she's just worried about her friend.

Lydia is inside the room with Stiles, waiting. Caroline knows this wait all too well, and she doesn't envy her it.

Footsteps sound on the linoleum and she looks up, prepared to jump in and keep compelling if she needs to.]

( Ezra needs to put his doctor hat back on, to pull himself together, and to save face. He's now in other people's mouths, as Elena's colleague and as a witch. He nods to a passing nurse and approaches Caroline who's taken her posts outside a room. )

Your Elena's friend?

( He doesn't know who Caroline Forbes is, nothing about her history, or her job. He's just Elena's work friend. )

[Caroline nods with a small, sad smile.]

Best friends. Since we were six. I've known her my whole life.

[And she's very, very worried about her.]

Not being able to help her really, really sucks.

That's why I'm here, we're here. You've known her all your life, you must be Bonnie. Or - Caroline.

( Of course she's Caroline.

Establish a pattern of behavior, establish a baseline of friendship. )

Sorry to meet under these circumstances.

Caroline. And it is, but ... Mystic Falls is gonna Mystic Falls.

[If he's a witch here, he has to know the breakneck pace at which the supernatural does anything.]

How long have you been a doctor here?

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( It does calm, usually over a summer. And things are never so dire as to land Elena Gilbert in the hospital. )

Dr. Katz. Ezra.

( It's true enough that he never slips up, and hasn't in years. )

Elena and I did our residency together. We liked to think of it as, we were in the trenches. We've been friends for a long time. I didn't know her best friend was a vampire.

( Even though he already knew, he "knows" now. And being a witch would've made it apparent. )

She probably figured it wasn't her secret to tell.

[Which is very Elena. Especially if she didn't know who she was talking to.]

Does she know you're a witch?

That's not mine to tell. I'm a long way from home.

( She can make her assumptions. Maybe they'll hold water. )

[Caroline nods, before rubbing her arm with one hand.]

Well, Elena's good at keeping secrets. I think you can trust her with yours.

[A beat.]

But Jo Laughlin may already know. I wanted to be sure I could trust you.

Jo Laughlin. She's a witch?

( She is a witch, a witch who runs away from her own birthright. But, in this case, she's just a doctor. )

[She nods, because it's true. But she doesn't mention from which coven, because she's not here to draw attention to Josie and Lizzie.]

She is. Probably not the only one around, given that it's Mystic Falls.

As far as I know, I'm the only one. Magic's something I'd pick up on.

( Hint. Why might he never see magic with her? )

[Well Caroline's going to keep that to herself, and just give a shrug.]

I don't know. I don't know how the magic stuff works. But I do know that Mystic Falls tends to be a magnet for the supernatural.

The animal attacks.

( He just continues to play it how he plays it, like the outsider he pretends to be. )

[She nods because yep. Let's call them that.]

We can have a real wild life problem, sometimes.

And Elena knows.

( His eyes follow that, Elena must know, with Caroline being a vampire. What his eyes don't say is that she's also a cured doppelganger. )

And here I thought this was just placement.

( Resident placement. )

[She nods to confirm that Elena knows, but doesn't comment further than that when Jo slides up, hands in the pockets of her white coat.

"Sorry for running late. I know Elena's in imaging, but how's our other patient?"]

He hasn't woken up yet. Some people take longer than others.

It could be a few hours. And, after that, he could be in and out.

( Caroline would know that. )

Dr. Laughlin.

["Dr. Katz." Perfunctory and polite, like she's not sure what to make of him being a witch yet. "How's his friend doing?"

Caroline shrugs.]

Also not great. I was going to try and convince her to take a walk, maybe get some coffee.

[Caroline doesn't really expect her to bite though.]

( He's equally as wary, but not as usually prickly as he can be. )

Lydia won't leave his his side?

[She shakes her head.]

I don't really blame her. She doesn't know anyone here, and we were supposed to keep him safe.

Hunters found you. If anything, it's good they were with you.

( He gets the guilt Caroline feels and he knows how to exploit that, but also how to reassure her as well. )

I didn't - ( He looks to Jo. ) know hunters were in town.

No one did. I just found out when I got back into town, and it seemed to be a fairly ... new development.

[They only found out because Stefan was attacked, after all.]

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