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"No, I didn't know," I said quickly "What I know is that I have you here and you helped me with Goblin, and you see what Goblin can do You see that Goblin has to behas to be destroyed And maybe me too "

"You haven't the s," he returned quietly "You don't want to be destroyed You want to live forever You just don't want to kill to do it, that's all "

Now I knew that I was going to cry

I took out my pocket handkerchief and I wiped at my eyes and my nose I didn't turn away to do this That would have been too cowardly But I did look abouteringly beautiful creature he was

His eyes alone would have done the trick, but he'd been gifted with so e finely shaped mouth and an expression eloquent of coht of the gasolier he was theme out of myself into some unmeasured moment in which I relished his appearance as if he couldn't or didn't know

"And you, my timeless one," he said in a soft sure voice with no hint of accusation in it, "I see you here in your exquisite setting of old, of human love and obvious patrimony, and robbed of it all in essence by some careless demon who's left you orphaned and uneasily, no, torturously, ensconced a the mortals you still so desperately need "

"No," I said "I fled my Maker But now I seek you out, and so I have you, even if just for this night, but I do love you, love you as surely as I love Aunt Queen, and Nash, and Goblin, yes, as ive me I can't keep it back "

"There is no forgiving," said Lestat "Your head tee your brain as they seek a narrative, and so you must tell me, you must tell me all of your life, even what you think is not important, tell e what's to be done with Goblin together "

"And e what's to be done with me?"

"Don't let me scare you so much, Little Brother," he said in the kindest tone "The worst thing I'd do to you is leave you -- vanish on you as if we'd neveryou, that I'un to treasure you, and your conscience shines rather bright for me But tell me, haven't I failed you already? Surely you don't see ined "

"How so?" I asked, a You stopped a disaster "

"I wasn't able to destroy your beastly phanto "I can't even see him, and you've counted on me And I threw the Fire at him with all I had "

"Oh, but we've only just started," I responded "You'll help ether "

"Yes, that's precisely e'll do," he responded "The thing is strong enough to ht you as it did, it can attack others -- that ravity, which for our purposes is a good sign "

"How so gravity?" I asked