Freaking the fuck out is still in the cards, because Armand appears to be the only person involved in this disaster who's offering Daniel a full and honest answer to a question, which means he might be losing it any second.
Daniel looks at him, and breathes slowly, still watching him closely and reckoning with the things Armand is saying and his own emotions. Anger remains difficult to purge, so wrapped up in being offended on Louis' behalf, and the fact that memories of himself were used in the harm. Frustrated that it ended up putting him in a position to worry that Lestat might drop Louis from the stratosphere again. In his silence he ends up coming to the conclusion that going in circles about who has a right to speak to whom, to do what, to speak to who, about what, is fucking stupid, and that the best way to make progress - despite being angry - is going to be continuing as before. Which is: positive fucking reinforcement.
He asked Armand, and Armand answered him, apparently honestly. Daniel may scream.
"Alright," he says. Just a little strained. "Thank you for telling me."
Pissed off but sincere. His eyes shift, indecisive between green and amber, out of his control. Was Armand really thinking of ... just him?
"I don't like how you did it. Sure, dramatic and impactful, and I fucking hated that guy anyway," like FYI, no complaints about Roy Travis, "but I hated the experienced and it put me in a bad spot."
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Daniel looks at him, and breathes slowly, still watching him closely and reckoning with the things Armand is saying and his own emotions. Anger remains difficult to purge, so wrapped up in being offended on Louis' behalf, and the fact that memories of himself were used in the harm. Frustrated that it ended up putting him in a position to worry that Lestat might drop Louis from the stratosphere again. In his silence he ends up coming to the conclusion that going in circles about who has a right to speak to whom, to do what, to speak to who, about what, is fucking stupid, and that the best way to make progress - despite being angry - is going to be continuing as before. Which is: positive fucking reinforcement.
He asked Armand, and Armand answered him, apparently honestly. Daniel may scream.
"Alright," he says. Just a little strained. "Thank you for telling me."
Pissed off but sincere. His eyes shift, indecisive between green and amber, out of his control. Was Armand really thinking of ... just him?
"I don't like how you did it. Sure, dramatic and impactful, and I fucking hated that guy anyway," like FYI, no complaints about Roy Travis, "but I hated the experienced and it put me in a bad spot."