He rolls over, resting his hand on Lestat’s chest and resting his own chin on the back of that hand. “The man who asked me said it was because there’s something remarkable enough about us to warrant a second chance at life.”
"Do you think that, once this place gives us the rehabilitation we apparently need, that we will remain remarkable? Or is what makes us remarkable also what makes us inmates?"
Lestat will remain remarkable. What he is as a physical being, disregarding emotions and personality, is inherently remarkable. And he thinks himself too singular a person to ever lose that. But for other inmates like Neal, humans with remarkable traits, the danger of change is more present.
Neal goes quiet, not having an immediate answer to the question. It's certainly been an unspoken fear, though he didn't quite frame it in the same way in his head.
He shifts to pillow his head against Lestat's chest again. "I told Malcolm that if you're not the best, you're no one. He suggested believing that might be part of what stands in the way of my graduation."
He breathes out a laugh, oddly endeared by Lestat framing the exchange in the worst possible light. Not that it had happened in a very good one.
"No. I don't think that's what he meant." In this instance, Neal had referenced the fact that he'd lost out to Will in the attempt for Malcolm's attention. He sighs, closing his eyes.
"How's your Warden? What's it like, working with him?"
Though Neal probably knows Lestat well enough to pick up on the fondness in his tone.
"He is beyond good-hearted and continues to go out of his way to provide comforts to me. If there were an ulterior motive I could abide it, but he's given me the ability to fully see into his mind and he simply does it because he wants to."
And of course only Lestat would find an issue with someone being so hospitable. Still, he's positively enchanted by Reid, so the fits of annoyance are easily quelled.
Mostly because when Lestat decides he fancies someone, he goes all in to full infatuation. And to say he's infatuated with a certain vampire doctor on board may be an understatement.
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He rolls over, resting his hand on Lestat’s chest and resting his own chin on the back of that hand. “The man who asked me said it was because there’s something remarkable enough about us to warrant a second chance at life.”
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That goes without saying, of course. Not everyone gets to feed on the queen of all vampires.
"Do you think that you are?"
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He has remarkable skills, certainly. He’s capable of the remarkable. Not here, so much, but back in the world. “I was the best at what I do.”
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Lestat will remain remarkable. What he is as a physical being, disregarding emotions and personality, is inherently remarkable. And he thinks himself too singular a person to ever lose that. But for other inmates like Neal, humans with remarkable traits, the danger of change is more present.
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He shifts to pillow his head against Lestat's chest again. "I told Malcolm that if you're not the best, you're no one. He suggested believing that might be part of what stands in the way of my graduation."
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"Your desire to be good at something is holding you back?"
Lestat knows that's not the meaning. Still, he can't help but skew it that way, particularly in context of the conversation up until now.
"Perhaps it is late and I am reading too far into things," he adds, casually. "I can't imagine he'd encourage you to settle for mediocrity."
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"No. I don't think that's what he meant." In this instance, Neal had referenced the fact that he'd lost out to Will in the attempt for Malcolm's attention. He sighs, closing his eyes.
"How's your Warden? What's it like, working with him?"
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Though Neal probably knows Lestat well enough to pick up on the fondness in his tone.
"He is beyond good-hearted and continues to go out of his way to provide comforts to me. If there were an ulterior motive I could abide it, but he's given me the ability to fully see into his mind and he simply does it because he wants to."
And of course only Lestat would find an issue with someone being so hospitable. Still, he's positively enchanted by Reid, so the fits of annoyance are easily quelled.
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"Careful," he says. "You sound like you're half-way to a crush."
And that way lies madness.
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Mostly because when Lestat decides he fancies someone, he goes all in to full infatuation. And to say he's infatuated with a certain vampire doctor on board may be an understatement.