“ Dan-Daniel”

“ I know . I know . It’s my job . Im built this way . I know it’s a stretch but ..

“It’s in your nature , Mr Molloy couldn’t get out the door without lobbing one more bomb.”

“You said it yourself just now he loved Louis . Lestat would have tried to save him as you did.”

“And he certainly would have made it know that he had shall we take these follow-ups and specious theories to the dining room ?”

“We have something prepared for you Daniel”

“Uh ‘Santiago should hand the diary into the audience have them feel the evidence in their hands . This is too early for Lestat to acknowledge Louis keep the tension have him look at Louis later the moment he describes meeting him in New Orleans .’ These are just some notes along the margin here. Uh ‘we need an animation here it’s not clear how extreme the hoarding was’ .”

“Where did you get that ?”

“Read it for yourself”

Cue the scene of them practising with lestat then cut

“ He didn’t witness the play . He directed the play !

Cue flashback then cut

Whispers “banishment”

“ where does the bullshit start Armand , Amedeo , Arun ? You were supposed to die with Claudia . He didn’t save you , Lestat did ! He just took credit for it when the opportunity presented itself and you wasted everyone who could have told you differently. 77 years based on a seismic lie .

“It’s a forgery Louis “

“It’s from the Talamasca” Sam was their guy he gave it to them they gave it to me here”

“Louis..”

"Obviously I have more than one pair, Armand, it's literally cheaper to order seven pairs for twenty-one dollars than, like, just the one." She hasn't actually done the math on that. The SHEIN website says it's the best deal, and she would trust them with her life.

Congratulations: perhaps Lestat has finally, unimaginably, achieved what he’s gone his brittle existence believing himself to be, and that is...

being right. Wise words wasted on a cripple of the mind.

ARMAND BOGARAV — human bladesinger wizard