"Pretty much everything you say is worth hearing," Daniel tells him, small smile on his face. He's ever been entranced by Louis— from silly flirtations meant to lure in prey, to his serious, tear-streaked confessions. Even when Daniel was spacing out, during the interview, it was because he was preoccupied trying to unwrap the mystery he could tell Louis was in the middle of.

"But we won't need another interview, because I'll be around for all this shit, huh?"

It'll have to be some other kind of collaboration. If Louis ever takes pictures again, maybe that. Documentation of a vampire's exploration. Every city is a night city, when you live in the dark.

"Maybe a podcast. You can come on and be exasperated at me."