Elena listens to his words and gives a moment for them to digest, turning them carefully over in her mind. So his defiance of their rules did end up screwing him over, though in a less severe, yet at the same time, much more terrifying way than she had imagined. She was already unsure about this whole memory thing coming back, but 'helping along'?

That definitely gave her the chills.

"I guess you could look at the bright side of this," Elena finally said dryly, as she stuck her spoon in her mouth again and licked off the last bit of the icing. "You can probably open for business now."