[ If they were in a different environment — a dinner party, surrounded by so many others who are in a similar predicament, this gilded cage that has trapped them all within it, or perhaps something like the event that had taken place his first night here, a display of debauchery both within and without the hedge maze — Lestat might have introduced himself with more of a flourish, a presentation.
Instead, they're in a library, a hushed atmosphere that doesn't demand that voices be raised, doesn't demand any level of theatricality — and so Lestat's response is as measured as his presence is, for once, that slant to his smile persisting as he lifts his head from its cradle in his hand just enough to respond. ]
Lestat de Lioncourt. [ The accent a bit more pronounced, on the name, most distinctly French but with a subtle trace of Italian in certain syllables. ] And they certainly are unique circumstances that we've found ourselves in, aren't they?
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Instead, they're in a library, a hushed atmosphere that doesn't demand that voices be raised, doesn't demand any level of theatricality — and so Lestat's response is as measured as his presence is, for once, that slant to his smile persisting as he lifts his head from its cradle in his hand just enough to respond. ]
Lestat de Lioncourt. [ The accent a bit more pronounced, on the name, most distinctly French but with a subtle trace of Italian in certain syllables. ] And they certainly are unique circumstances that we've found ourselves in, aren't they?