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Froas sensation that I was one with hi could part us, that I wanted it suddenly, yes, wanted hi different

"Get away from me, Goblin Goblin, youListen to me "

But it was useless The electric shivers wouldn't stop, and I saw only ies of the two of us as children, as boys, astoo fast for h an open doorway; I saw the flowered pattern of linoleuhter of toddlers, and I tasted milk

I kneas falling or about to fall, that Lestat's fir ht, but it was all that I could see, and there was Goblin, little Goblin frolicking and laughing, and I too was laughing Love you, all right, need you, of course, yours, us together I looked down and saw my chubby childish left hand, and I held a spoon in it and was banging with the spoon And there was G

oblin's hand on top of ainst wood, and the sunlight, how beautifully it came in the door, but the flowers on the linoleum orn

Then, as violently as Goblin had colimpsed the hue, the e expanded, lost its conformity and vanished

The draperies of the room swayed, and the vase of flowers suddenly toppled, and I heard di of the water, and then the vase itself hit the soft rug

In a fog, I stared at the wounded bouquet of flowers Pink-throated lilies I wanted to pick the me and hurt me I hated him that he had made the vase fall over, that the lilies were spilt now on the floor

I looked at the women, first one and then the other They appeared to be sleeping There was no death

My Goblin, ht stayed withtoto you

Lestat was holding me by the shoulders I could barely stand In fact, if he had let o I would have fallen I couldn't take my eyes off the pink-throated lilies

"He didn't have to ht hiht him that ere small "

"Quinn," said Lestat, "co to you Quinn!"

"You didn't see hi all over I stared at the tiny wounds onIt was the same ith the pinpricks on ers

"I saw the blood," said Lestat