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lestat de lioncourt. ([personal profile] damnedest) wrote2024-07-27 03:00 pm
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A pause in the volley. Considering.

Weighing between—

Serious irritation, One of my kids used to do that when she was thirteen, you know, if I said her room wasn't clean enough she'd scream 'Then don't come in here', have you considered growing the fuck up? But this is discarded. Lestat has an excuse to be deliberately unhelpful, Daniel does not.

The other side of the weight is what tips furthest. Daniel hates to do it, hates succumbing to hurt feelings and indulging Louis' bullshit, reinforcing the stupidity of what's going on here, but what else is he going to do?

Disappointing. Bitterly so. Uncharacteristic silence remains for another few heartbeats, as though the tense nothingness is threatening further argument.

He lets him keep the last word, and leaves the room.