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[perfectionner]

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[begot]

well, i can't argue with that. i'm not from much further on, but they say hindsight is 20/20.

i also wanted to ask — did you have any sort of shorthand with the roommate you had before? in case of guests.

[perfectionner]

It's quite something to catch up on after a long rest, but there are certainly more superior eras than this one.

I suppose now may be the best time to inform you that I was easily apprised of her comings and goings, as well as any guests she entertained. My hearing is quite sharp.

[begot]

[ That earns a noticeable pause — and a glance toward the door to their shared bathroom — as Amy balances two thoughts in her head: the first, that it's rather less privacy than she'd hoped for; and the second, that he was no obligation to tell her as much, and has regardless. ]

isn't that a nightmare, in a place like this?

[perfectionner]

It is simply a piece of my existence. [ alongside his ability to read minds, although he stops shy of mentioning that to her now. ]

But I can devote my focus elsewhere, unless you’d like me to be listening in. I don’t make a habit of going where I’m not welcome. [ well, not when he’s trying to win someone over, anyway. ]

[begot]

you'll have to tell me more about it, sometime. i don't think i've ever met anyone quite that perceptive before.

maybe we use a system? if i leave the bathroom door open on my side, it's fair game, but if it's closed, then you hang up the metaphorical phone?

[perfectionner]

Ask any question you'd like.

[ lestat doesn't have much in the way he can hide anymore, not ever since the dinner that outed the vampires to the rest of the manor. what would be the point in keeping the wool over amy's eyes? better she hears it from him than any of the other guests. ]

Fair enough. Though if you do leave the door open, I just might be tempted to walk through it on some occasion.

[begot]

okay, well.
you said you can direct your attention, which means it's not quite like how i'd hear ambient noise. how far can it go?

[ There's a pause before she answers the rest of it, her eyes traveling across the room again — weighing the text, arguably harmless, against a nature she already knows to be almost unfairly charming. ]

you know what they say. an open door is as good as an invitation.

[perfectionner]

Put another way: if I didn't direct it, the resulting headache would be excruciating.

[ and not just because he'd be privy to every mortal's passing thought within a certain radius. ]

I'll remember that for the future. [ though he does make a point of observing the closed door that persists now, between them. ]

[begot]

how long did it take you to learn how to do that? to cope?

and, obviously, i'll observe the same rules if you leave your door closed.

[perfectionner]

Not long by immortal standards, but my perception of time is rather skewed these days.

Of course. Though you'd be welcome to eavesdrop yourself. [ he's being cheeky there, as if he wouldn't be able to sense her spying. ]

[begot]

because of this place?

quite a scandalous suggestion. but maybe i should keep my options open.

[perfectionner]

Is it? I'd say listening in is the least scandalous thing you could do by far.

[begot]

yeah? maybe i'm still using training wheels.

[perfectionner]

You could have anyone you wanted eating out of the palm of your hand if you put half a mind to it.

[begot]

i bet you say that to all the girls.

[perfectionner]

Fewer than you might think.