[ Don't worry, Daniel will give a very meaningful hum as a reply to that initial question. Oh, Lestat, he sure was. Daniel won't repeat any of the words, not wanting to potentially further embarrass poor Louis, but he will definitely give Lestat the pleasure of knowing the person he loves so much was thinking about him.

Instead it's only the second part he properly verbally answers. ]

And you're sure you can't just let a tiny part of your standards go? I think that if you truly set your mind to it, you could most likely convince yourself that you are just happy doing anything with him. It's how love works, after all. That's what it's always been like for me.

[ Not that he's really going to get into that one, because he'll just end up missing his wife even more and things will just get Awkward.. But he can risk that brief mention without his thoughts going to a sad place. For now. ]