Is it surprising? A little, despite the fact that Armand had made it clear that's where Louis was, had berated Daniel for sending Louis back to someone who will eventually beat Louis half-dead again. Despite that, it's almost uplifting. Louis got to put some things together, get a resolution, for good or ill.
"Is he okay?"
This question comes out slower than is normal, for Daniel. He feels like he's speaking underwater, suddenly, trying to be heard over a crowd. Voices, thoughts, impressions trickle in, then flood, then stop, then surge up again like a wave, and the water is too loud, and a woman walking by is thinking in Spanish which means he actually understands her, and Louis is worried about being exasperating but Daniel doesn't know why he'd say that, and, and, and,
his hand over his forehead, now. He wants to know about Lestat, but also:
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Is it surprising? A little, despite the fact that Armand had made it clear that's where Louis was, had berated Daniel for sending Louis back to someone who will eventually beat Louis half-dead again. Despite that, it's almost uplifting. Louis got to put some things together, get a resolution, for good or ill.
"Is he okay?"
This question comes out slower than is normal, for Daniel. He feels like he's speaking underwater, suddenly, trying to be heard over a crowd. Voices, thoughts, impressions trickle in, then flood, then stop, then surge up again like a wave, and the water is too loud, and a woman walking by is thinking in Spanish which means he actually understands her, and Louis is worried about being exasperating but Daniel doesn't know why he'd say that, and, and, and,
his hand over his forehead, now. He wants to know about Lestat, but also:
"How do I turn my head off?"
A weak question. Lost, exhausted, disoriented.