[ ... Elena saved him? Even after his parting words? He still seems skeptical, but there's a good dose of genuine surprise in there too. ]

Well, she always was an idiot. Guess I'll owe her one if I ever see her again - maybe save a kitten on her behalf, should break about even according to her view of the world.

[ Some part of him probably knows this is a healthy serving of bullshit, but the part of him that doesn't want to be dead in some other timeline - and that's a damn big part of him - is grasping on to the rope Chloe's offered, logic be damned. ]