It barely has time to register before Louis is taking Daniel by the hands. The lines are all blurry. Who is standing on ceremony now? They'd had something like professional boundaries, and now everything is in pieces.
Louis draws him down, coaxing Daniel to sit alongside him.
"I think Armand broke their minds. I think they will never be as they were. They are alive only to preserve their blood for you."
A guess. Armand has had hundred of years to hone his gift. Louis is outclassed. (They needn't invoke their own personal experience of Armand's gifts.)
Louis has not let go of his hand. He imparted his own story. He had relayed the things that had made sense to him, Lestat's tutelage, his personal experience. But Daniel asked.
"It is hard to take only a sip. It took me a long time to master."
To be safe enough that Damek is an employee rather than a corpse.
"You can learn to stop. But you're very new. Your hunger will be strong, and that will make it hard to stop while they are alive."
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It barely has time to register before Louis is taking Daniel by the hands. The lines are all blurry. Who is standing on ceremony now? They'd had something like professional boundaries, and now everything is in pieces.
Louis draws him down, coaxing Daniel to sit alongside him.
"I think Armand broke their minds. I think they will never be as they were. They are alive only to preserve their blood for you."
A guess. Armand has had hundred of years to hone his gift. Louis is outclassed. (They needn't invoke their own personal experience of Armand's gifts.)
Louis has not let go of his hand. He imparted his own story. He had relayed the things that had made sense to him, Lestat's tutelage, his personal experience. But Daniel asked.
"It is hard to take only a sip. It took me a long time to master."
To be safe enough that Damek is an employee rather than a corpse.
"You can learn to stop. But you're very new. Your hunger will be strong, and that will make it hard to stop while they are alive."
Does not add: I'm sorry.