( it's a pale offering. louis feels just as guilty as ever, and certain he's wronged her, with no clear path toward reconciliation. if reconciliation is something that she even wishes for. he doesn't know. but he can't push her — especially after lestat just dragged her on a hunt. )
Perhaps some night, when you are ready to see me again, we might visit with one another elsewhere. Until then, I will be immeasurably grateful to know you're alive.
As long as you don't speak of him, I will see you any time.
[She'll have to deal with the fact that they're together. She's infuriated, of course, but afraid, too. If she truly walks away and can't make it alone, will she turn around and find no one left to come back to? All Claudia can do is stamp down her anger, she sees no other option.]
[There isn't much else to say on the matter, so Claudia, after a consideration, decides on something else.]
One more thing: I haven't generally been disclosing that I am vampire, unless it proves to be necessary or I consider the individual trustworthy. Just thought you should know.
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( it's a pale offering. louis feels just as guilty as ever, and certain he's wronged her, with no clear path toward reconciliation. if reconciliation is something that she even wishes for. he doesn't know. but he can't push her — especially after lestat just dragged her on a hunt. )
Perhaps some night, when you are ready to see me again, we might visit with one another elsewhere. Until then, I will be immeasurably grateful to know you're alive.
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[She'll have to deal with the fact that they're together. She's infuriated, of course, but afraid, too. If she truly walks away and can't make it alone, will she turn around and find no one left to come back to? All Claudia can do is stamp down her anger, she sees no other option.]
All I ask for is a life without Lestat.
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( louis means it completely, even if he knows that he wants exactly the opposite now. )
You deserve this chance at independence, however it happened.
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One more thing: I haven't generally been disclosing that I am vampire, unless it proves to be necessary or I consider the individual trustworthy. Just thought you should know.
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( a soft, musing sound. )
Have you chosen a last name for yourself?
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Truthfully, I haven't thought of it. I always saw myself as never knowing it.
[Unspoken, of course, is the fact that de Lioncourt seems like a taboo thing to call or consider herself.]
That I would always simply be Claudia, nothing more.
[Belonging to no one. With no one. Equal parts rejecting of a family and being barred from it.]
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I wonder if now might be the time for you to choose something intentional, even if it is entirely for show.