Daniel and Lestat. They have fun, but there's a tension that runs through it. Lestat hates the book, but loves that it exists; he feels eviscerated by it, and at the same time, he knows that without it, Louis would still be trapped under Armand's glass bell. Becoming a celebrity, saying that he is the tragic, romantic villain of the book, has a strong flavor of reclaiming a slur.

Daniel doesn't begrudge him this. He doesn't begrudge him most things, even though he could. He spent two weeks of the interview, and then long months writing, as the only person left on earth who was speaking for Claudia. But Daniel isn't a great person, in the end. He's more interested in watching the shit Lestat does than he is interested in contriving some form of justice. Which is probably bad.

The flamboyant monster hasn't yet confronted him about Louis, in a specific way. It's coming, though. He's well aware. Enjoying the both of them, in different ways, before his head gets punched off.

'You're so busy,' he accuses with a laugh. 'Talk radio can't shut the fuck up about you.'

Talk radio being, of course, vampires.

'You have as many people falling in love with you from afar as you're pissing off. All these stagnant immortals having to care about something all of a sudden.'