[ oddly enough, klaus does not doubt the integrity of her motives; already he's decided she is much too sweet to consider anything less dignified. (she is sweet, perhaps, but he'll guess not entirely innocent. no one willingly in the company of monsters stays so, or was so.)

neither would he fault her for attempts at damage control; in its own way, he knows what this is regardless. klaus' lips pull down in an equivalent of a shrug; he leans forward and weaves his fingers together. ] It seems as if Richie created that situation and you did nothing but suffer for it, but... I am glad to see you are safe.