"sister. daughter. infant death."

“You don’t need around you what does not need you anymore.”

SR: “I think he’s enamored by her mastermind. That is his creation, it’s his fledgling. He also has that rage in him. She is part of him. I think there’s that ignition in him that loves and is so proud of her, to see that kind of powerful torrent that she was. She had been held in this sort of unspoken tragedy of her life, and actually, what wasn’t acknowledged is that she was super powerful, dominant, chaotic. She was a fucking force that flew into their life and blew it all open.” JA: “My favorite thing that we talked about after that, regardless of what Claudia says, regardless of how angry she is—angry doesn’t quite touch it—but there’s a sense that even though they’ve been whacked, they’re like, ‘But that was her. We recognize that rage, and that is truly her.’ There’s a peace that comes from that.” It’s reminiscent of a line in Interview with the Vampire season 2 from Dream Lestat, who looks upon an irate Claudia with fondness and remarks, “The wilderness that is our daughter.”