But Louis hesitates over imparting it because it isn't only about Lestat, or about Daniel, who his thoughts often turn towards. It's also a bittersweet kind of pleasure to let his thoughts turn towards what and who please him. To think of Lestat and make no apology for it. (Had Armand extracted other apologies? How many? How often? How much patience had Louis been allotted before Armand intervened more actively?)
It is a lot of baggage for a telephone call to weather.
"Assisting Rashid in categorizing the photographs I own," Louis tells him, though even this answer is tinged with—
"Reorganizing the items that were incorrectly filed."
no subject
Lestat would like to hear that, Louis knows.
But Louis hesitates over imparting it because it isn't only about Lestat, or about Daniel, who his thoughts often turn towards. It's also a bittersweet kind of pleasure to let his thoughts turn towards what and who please him. To think of Lestat and make no apology for it. (Had Armand extracted other apologies? How many? How often? How much patience had Louis been allotted before Armand intervened more actively?)
It is a lot of baggage for a telephone call to weather.
"Assisting Rashid in categorizing the photographs I own," Louis tells him, though even this answer is tinged with—
"Reorganizing the items that were incorrectly filed."
And then, inviting:
"What have you been doing? How are your travels?"