"Most vampires, in my experience, are capable only of reception and transmission. Reading thoughts, sending words. Even older ones never develop the muscle beyond that."
A glance sidelong.
"You have an ability. A way of seeing a mind like a complex machine rather than an object that produces and receives noise alone. You didn't know what you were doing because you haven't done it before, but you did it regardless."
Maybe it was Armand-shaped, maybe that helped, but nevertheless. If he'd been capable of anticipating anything further than a second forwards into the future, he'd have been certain of his own safety—Lestat, formidable, and entirely unable to access Louis' mind. Daniel, a fledgling, still figuring it all out. Louis, helpless under the light of the sun, under Armand's intimate knowledge of aforementioned complex machine.
Just as well, maybe, that Daniel had proven otherwise. "Self-effacement is not among your more flattering attributes," he adds, wry.
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A glance sidelong.
"You have an ability. A way of seeing a mind like a complex machine rather than an object that produces and receives noise alone. You didn't know what you were doing because you haven't done it before, but you did it regardless."
Maybe it was Armand-shaped, maybe that helped, but nevertheless. If he'd been capable of anticipating anything further than a second forwards into the future, he'd have been certain of his own safety—Lestat, formidable, and entirely unable to access Louis' mind. Daniel, a fledgling, still figuring it all out. Louis, helpless under the light of the sun, under Armand's intimate knowledge of aforementioned complex machine.
Just as well, maybe, that Daniel had proven otherwise. "Self-effacement is not among your more flattering attributes," he adds, wry.