"Kiddo," Louis scoffs. "I'm twice your age."

When else will he get to say this? A joke, creating some space in which Louis can consider the offer that followed after.

"I want to know how you are. How it's been."

Not details as it relates to what Lestat is saying. Louis might have let the entire subject drop if it hadn't been for the implication of guardedness, of needing to be alert. Daniel is sturdier now than he had ever been, but Louis worries for him still. Even now.

"You ask after me. I want to do the same for you."