I never figured out what to put here

The whole refrain is about Lestat being worried Claudia was right about him all along, and about how Lestat needs to "not look away" from that. Needs to stop trying to forget all these things, starting with her and how he's responsible for what happened to her, that he's been trying to avoid addressing. The implication is that there are hard truths Lestat is just starting to come to terms with having to face, about himself and the things he's done. Not just passive things he's experienced, like with Magnus.

I don't know, I think on a high level, this was a really good starting point for actual character growth and admitting that he was fucked up and needs to take responsibility. This didn't seem to be doing what a lot of people were afraid they'd do, which is just frame Lestat as a victim, or just a typical grieving parent figure. But the opposite! Someone who needs to reckon with what he's done.

Whether or not they will continue threading that needle well, as they develop things out further from this moment, I can't say.

But I don't really have anything I'd massively change about this, as the baseline level starting point for someone like Lestat. If he's going to continue to earn his place in the life of Louis and others he cares about. And to justify his ongoing presence in the series, considering everything he's done.

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