Daniel just tips his head and waits for Louis to relax his way out of that one— the response from investigative journalist Daniel Molloy would be to needle him about that being the point. Doubly so now, that he, too, is a goddamn vampire. But that's not why they're here, no matter that he enjoyed their sparring.
"You two got along," he says, thoughtful. Different situation. Would Lestat feel compelled, outside his affection for Louis? An animal compulsion?
Well. Maybe not. Louis hasn't said anything about Madeleine, and likely, Claudia handled her initiation past the change. The thought of them makes something in his stomach churn; sitting here trying to dissect the motivations of the monster that orchestrated their executions. He sighs, and scrubs a hand over his face.
"Alright, so. It's probably just an 'Armand has fucking problems' thing. It hasn't escalated, and he's been ignoring Lestat. That's not the worst. There was probably never a world where he was just going to convert me then vanish into the mist, never to be heard from again."
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"You two got along," he says, thoughtful. Different situation. Would Lestat feel compelled, outside his affection for Louis? An animal compulsion?
Well. Maybe not. Louis hasn't said anything about Madeleine, and likely, Claudia handled her initiation past the change. The thought of them makes something in his stomach churn; sitting here trying to dissect the motivations of the monster that orchestrated their executions. He sighs, and scrubs a hand over his face.
"Alright, so. It's probably just an 'Armand has fucking problems' thing. It hasn't escalated, and he's been ignoring Lestat. That's not the worst. There was probably never a world where he was just going to convert me then vanish into the mist, never to be heard from again."