This all seems complicated and Lestat does not try to follow what is happening. He stands and watches it with an increasingly sullen set to his expression, the swift ease with which Daniel does a little array of things beyond his comprehension. Waiting, braced. As if, after this talk of kindness, Daniel was going to
he doesn't know. Set a condition, or something. Flaunt his ability to refuse him after Lestat had just declared his intention not to murder him. Daniel is a more accommodating quality than Claudia, who had been quite clear about the beneficence of what was barely her tolerance for Lestat's reentry into Louis' life, and there is no reason at all to compare them save that Louis has had so few close friends.
Looking after his interests. But, the phone is handed back, and Lestat takes it, and his defenses lower by a margin. Suspicious, but he doesn't detect deceit. At least, not of that kind.
"Merci." The phone is disappeared into a pocket, traded out for his cigarettes. "When do we go to DC?"
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he doesn't know. Set a condition, or something. Flaunt his ability to refuse him after Lestat had just declared his intention not to murder him. Daniel is a more accommodating quality than Claudia, who had been quite clear about the beneficence of what was barely her tolerance for Lestat's reentry into Louis' life, and there is no reason at all to compare them save that Louis has had so few close friends.
Looking after his interests. But, the phone is handed back, and Lestat takes it, and his defenses lower by a margin. Suspicious, but he doesn't detect deceit. At least, not of that kind.
"Merci." The phone is disappeared into a pocket, traded out for his cigarettes. "When do we go to DC?"