Unfortunate facts, and please. Shit has to get way more traumatic than dying for Daniel Molloy to not want to know something. There's no fucking way Louis' going to magic anything else away while Daniel sits quietly in the other room.
So. The clean up.
Having something to do, no matter how gruesome, centers him. A project to work on, take mental notes on, even as he occasionally spaces out due to sensory overload, or looks spooked because his hands are steady and it's starting to sink in how much pain he isn't in anymore. Neurons repairing themselves, or the elusive, half-theoretical lifelong neurogenesis is happening now, erasing or otherwise outpacing the flawed ones. Armand gave Daniel his blood instead of medication, while they were traveling, and maybe it kept Daniel slightly more stable than nothing, but it hadn't healed him like this. A mortal can't properly benefit from death. The damned work best with the damned.
By the time they're finished he's nearing the ability to say I'm okay and mean it.
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Unfortunate facts, and please. Shit has to get way more traumatic than dying for Daniel Molloy to not want to know something. There's no fucking way Louis' going to magic anything else away while Daniel sits quietly in the other room.
So. The clean up.
Having something to do, no matter how gruesome, centers him. A project to work on, take mental notes on, even as he occasionally spaces out due to sensory overload, or looks spooked because his hands are steady and it's starting to sink in how much pain he isn't in anymore. Neurons repairing themselves, or the elusive, half-theoretical lifelong neurogenesis is happening now, erasing or otherwise outpacing the flawed ones. Armand gave Daniel his blood instead of medication, while they were traveling, and maybe it kept Daniel slightly more stable than nothing, but it hadn't healed him like this. A mortal can't properly benefit from death. The damned work best with the damned.
By the time they're finished he's nearing the ability to say I'm okay and mean it.
A deep breath.
"What now?"