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helen of troy. ([personal profile] divorcing) wrote in [personal profile] followups 2024-10-18 01:47 am (UTC)

It had taken Louis some time to develop the skill of delving in and out of people's minds. Longer to achieve any kind of mastery. (Whatever mastery Armand felt appropriate, felt permissible.) It does not immediately occur to him that Daniel can touch his mind as he pleases; isn't it overwhelming, the change?

Daniel hits a key combination anyway: New Orleans and infrastructure, New Orleans and flooding.

Triggers a flutter of memory:

Car window grinding down, Louis' face turning into the passing breeze.

A hurricane rattling shutters.

Lestat's eyes widening as Louis crosses a damp, low-lit little room.

In this present moment, Louis slanting a look sideways at Daniel. A twist in his chest, thinking so immediately of Armand. How Armand must have known and perhaps shared some opinion on it with Daniel.

"It still feels like home," Louis admits, before saying, more practically, "I still own property in New York. And California."

A healthy real estate portfolio is nothing to sneeze at.

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