The Vampire Lestat starts. we see Lestat underneath someone as he and the mysterious character are makin’ out on a bed. the lights are off. Lestat says “i love you” between breaths. there is a silence as both pause. we feel a sense of peculiar deja vu. we wait as suspense builds and the character above him conjures a response: “I see.”

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“I see …” said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window.

— Anne Rice: Interview with the Vampire (1976)