Maybe someday, when Daniel has the experience and the finesse, when he is familiar enough with Louis and familiar enough with the particular shadow-shapes the creature that made him leaves, he can take a look. Sift through and find anything that needs overturned, or mended. Help him in more ways than just sitting and talking.

A future consideration. Too soon, for an old man who is a young vampire.

He rolls his eyes fondly about cheap wine. Of course. Louis, who is even more beautiful when he smiles, would never stoop to cheap wine. Even the drugs he lured Daniel in with were high quality. He can't help but reach up and touch the corner of one of that smile, and marvel at it.

"'Then', like at the weird lowest points, or 'then', just being mortal? Something funny, something weird?"

He's done a lot. Sometimes by accident.