Bit you? Oh. Oh, shit. Rose? Rose had been - but she looked fine. She wasn't dead. Was the legend not-so-true?

Not that he had a lot of time to think all that over - or, you know, do the reasonable thing and ask what had happened afterward - before Rose was slugging Damon in the jaw in a moment pretty reminiscent of one of his own little conversations with the guy. He stared at Rose with raised eyebrows, giving a thoughtless little nod at her look. He forgot to say, "thanks."

When she was gone, his chest pitched forward a little, a smile coming to one side of his face. He didn't mean to laugh. Promise. Rose being pissed wasn't funny, werewolves in general weren't funny especially considering their bite, and this whole situation in general wasn't funny. It just... kind of happened. Alaric let the laughing roll out, turning back to Damon with a smug grin and a clap on his back.

"Sorry buddy, but, uh. You deserved that."