[ When she mentions the necklace, he gets a strange look in his eyes; he's not angry with her for bringing it up, nor is he particularly troubled by the idea of having to admit that it had affected him in any sort of way... it's more that she understands how this place can toy with a person, how it lifts perhaps not their most traumatic memories out of their minds - he hadn't seen Magnus in these halls, after all, he hadn't smelt what he'd smelt in that dungeon - but the ones that sit with the most discomfort in the mind and in the heart.
Akasha is such a fresh wound that Lestat doesn't know how he feels about the whole thing, and the City seems to know exactly how being reminded of it now will twist like a knife in his chest.
If she knows how the City is toying with them, then what the hell has she seen stalking these halls? ]
It's trying to, but it won't win. [ He gives her a knowing look. ] It will have to do much more than show me a necklace to scare me.
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Akasha is such a fresh wound that Lestat doesn't know how he feels about the whole thing, and the City seems to know exactly how being reminded of it now will twist like a knife in his chest.
If she knows how the City is toying with them, then what the hell has she seen stalking these halls? ]
It's trying to, but it won't win. [ He gives her a knowing look. ] It will have to do much more than show me a necklace to scare me.