The laugh was amusing, but the smile Lestat gave her was only with his eyes. His expression, by and large, was designed to ask her, without speaking, if he looked like he was kidding.
And the movie.
Oh, she had to mention that abomination, did she?
For a split second, Lestat was visibly ruffled, but he recovered quickly. The dialogue in that was insipid, not to mention that it had gotten basic relationships and facts wrong. He'd have loved for Marius to be his maker! But that was nothing more than a fiction.
Lestat felt Waffle's nose nudge the pant leg of his jeans closer to his leg and smirked.
Just when I think I couldn't like it here any more than I already do.
He raised both eyebrows and crossed his arms. "Really? Maggie, up until this very moment I've been on very good behavior. I haven't been poking around in your head or doing anything remotely not-human. But that's not the typical reaction to this place, so please, do explain. If you keep this explanation to yourself, my curiosity will get the better of me."
And he would poke around inside her head.
Lestat had learned. No Mind Gift without asking. Beauty would be so, so proud.