Armand's head tilts curiously. This is Louis from before he ever met a vampire besides Lestat or Claudia. He doesn't know yet that he can tell, under ordinary circumstances, when he has met another vampire, unless they are very powerful in the Mind Gift.
Well. Armand cannot read his mind now, but he remembers how skittish Louis was when they first met. What he had said then, I will not harm you, had worked to put him at ease. Without the influence of Claudia, urging him to seek out other vampires, it may or may not work now. But he knows Louis is frightened. He does not need the Mind Gift to know that.
"Forgive me," he says quietly. "The way I spoke to you must have given you quite a shock. But I will not harm you. It is only...we come from different times. And in my time, we know one another."
Louis question is left to the wayside. Not only is it immaterial, but the answer is obvious. Of course Armand is dangerous. But he is not dangerous to Louis--at least, not in his own mind.
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Well. Armand cannot read his mind now, but he remembers how skittish Louis was when they first met. What he had said then, I will not harm you, had worked to put him at ease. Without the influence of Claudia, urging him to seek out other vampires, it may or may not work now. But he knows Louis is frightened. He does not need the Mind Gift to know that.
"Forgive me," he says quietly. "The way I spoke to you must have given you quite a shock. But I will not harm you. It is only...we come from different times. And in my time, we know one another."
Louis question is left to the wayside. Not only is it immaterial, but the answer is obvious. Of course Armand is dangerous. But he is not dangerous to Louis--at least, not in his own mind.