Her mind, fierce as it is now, will not endure. It will break apart in time.
This explains what Assad said about Armand. He’s not being cruel. He’s being realistic and pragmatic since he’s seen it all before with countless vampires. He saw it with Nicki and believes Claudia will be the same.
He’s been both witness to it and the one to do the mercy killing by fire. He doesn’t enjoy it. It’s a duty he must fulfill because no one else will do it. And he knows that he’s never counted off of the chopping block.
First it was Marius. Tomorrow it could be him.
And in between could be Lestat or Louis or Daniel.
On and on and on.
And when it does happen, who will be the one to show him mercy?
Every day not in his world of soft beige pillows of picking lint off of the sofa is lived in fear.
That’s what happens when you get old as an immortal. You’ve seen too much, but it never gets easier.
