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"And why do you give ," demanded Mael, "when she can hear every e speak to each other?"
"But I don't think that she can," Khayman replied calmly "I am of the First Brood, friend To hear other blood drinkers as we hear s only to distant cousins I could not read her mind if she stood on this spot; and mine is closed to her as well, you can be sure of it And so it ith all our kind through the early generations "
That clearly fascinated the blond giant So Maharet could not hear the Mother! Maharet had not admitted this to him
"No," Khayh your thoughts, so kindly guard them Speak to me now in a human voice, for this city is a wilderness of such voices "
Mael considered, brows puckered in a frown He glared at Khayman as if he meant to hit him
"And this will defeat her?"
"Remember," Khayman said, "that excess can be the very opposite of essence " He looked back at Armand as he spoke "She who hears a multitude of voices may not hear any one voice And she ould listen closely to one, h to know the trick "
Mael didn't answer out loud But it was clear that he understood The telepathic gift had always been a curse to hied by the voices of blood drinkers or humans
Khayift Such nice words for the o, after years of listening, years of lying otten Egyptian toe of himself or his condition
"Precisely my point, ht the voices while our Queen may well have been drowned by them It seems the Vampire Lestat has outshouted the din; he has, as it were, snapped his fingers in the corner of her eye and brought her to attention But do not overesti It isn't useful to do so "
These ideas startled Mael soic of them Below, Armand remained attentive
"She can't do all things," Khayman said, "whether she herself knows it or not She was always one to reach for the stars, and then draw back as if in horror "
"How so?" Mael said Excited, he leaned closer "What is she really like!" he whispered
"She was full of dreaed "The blond one down there ould be good and do good and gather to himself the needy worshipers "
Mael smiled, coldly, cynically