Helena: Andreas!
Stefan: Andreas isn't here. none of your minions are available, mother.
Helena: how very inconvenient.
Stefan: and potentially fatal for you.
Helena: more idle threats.
Stefan: you give me lucky Spencer, or you will see just how serious I am.
Helena: he isn't mine to give.
Stefan: you're taxing my patience.
Helena: lucky isn't here.
Stefan: what have you done with him?
Helena: I released him, of course.
Stefan: you expect me to believe that? Helena: I delivered lucky to the haven of his choice -- a grim little diner outside of Vancouver.
Stefan: delivered him in what condition?
Helena: Healthy and vigorous, at the peak of his youthful appeal. If you don't believe me, ask his mother. they're probably reuniting as we speak.
Stefan: Well, that's a dream come true for Luke and Laura but not very satisfying for you.
Helena: Luke and Laura will soon discover the depths of my revenge. years of waiting and planning, patiently biding my time, all leading up to this moment. Oh, kill me if you like. I'll die content.
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Stefan: don't move. you are strangely smug for a woman who's come away empty-handed.
Helena: my heart is full.
Stefan: with so much time and money wasted, what have you managed to gain?
Helena: the rush you felt when you poisoned me, watching me lie still and mute, standing over me with my life in your hands. that is the satisfaction I feel now.
Stefan: momentary exhilaration fueled by denial.
Helena: momentary for you, yes. you didn't inherit my tactical skills.
Stefan: oh, the skills you used to unite Luke and Laura in a desperate, dramatic search for their son?
Helena: it was a lovely touch, don't you think? my tour of their glorious past.
Stefan: brilliant. now they have everything. you've lost your leverage, mother. the Spencers have won.
Helena: the Spencers are ruined.
Stefan: you're deluding yourself.
Helena: no. but Luke and Laura are. no, their childish dreams will shrivel and die, not once but a thousand times.
Stefan: ah. how dante-esque.
Helena: You are as transparent as ever. you're curious, but you're too proud to ask. let me give you a hint. delegation is the key to lasting success. one must never handle the details. one recruits experts for that. now, poison, for example -- it's very effective when administered by a professional, but you made the mistake of acting alone. I hired competent staff.
Stefan: Saison.
Helena: yes! oh, you finally figured it out. after how long? eight months?
Stefan: it's too bad for Faison you're so literal when it comes to terminating the help.
Helena: I was very fond of him. he was very clever, unlike you. and it was very dear of him to unearth the drug that allowed me to speak and move. unfortunately, Cesar had a rebellious streak.
Stefan: so you killed your only ally?
Helena: you're speculating.
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