Or Daniel needs no instruction at all, and they are simply of a similar mind about their meals and wish to spare Louis by calling it a lesson.
There are other nights in which Louis might have sought to accompany them. Might have indulged the part of him that wishes for their company, despite all the strangeness of Lestat and Daniel occupying the same space.
But no. Not tonight.
The suite itself is lavish. Adjoining rooms. Plush carpeting. Floor to ceiling windows. A balcony, which must cost this place a fortune in insurance rates.
Left to his own devices, Louis lets himself out onto that balcony. Runs his palms along the wrought iron, lets the brush of leaves across his palm root him where he stands as he opens his mind to the flow and pulse of vampiric chatter. Frustration, anger, bloodlust, Louis sifts past all of this overlapping noise.
Speaks into it, voice like a drop of cool water, sending ripples through once familiar depths.
ring, ring.
Or Daniel needs no instruction at all, and they are simply of a similar mind about their meals and wish to spare Louis by calling it a lesson.
There are other nights in which Louis might have sought to accompany them. Might have indulged the part of him that wishes for their company, despite all the strangeness of Lestat and Daniel occupying the same space.
But no. Not tonight.
The suite itself is lavish. Adjoining rooms. Plush carpeting. Floor to ceiling windows. A balcony, which must cost this place a fortune in insurance rates.
Left to his own devices, Louis lets himself out onto that balcony. Runs his palms along the wrought iron, lets the brush of leaves across his palm root him where he stands as he opens his mind to the flow and pulse of vampiric chatter. Frustration, anger, bloodlust, Louis sifts past all of this overlapping noise.
Speaks into it, voice like a drop of cool water, sending ripples through once familiar depths.
Armand.