lestat. welcome.
i'm unknowable by nature.
but you may call me marius.
i doubt they'll find you, lord de lioncourt. you're a long way from home.
you're weak.  near passing. i can barely hear your heartbeat.
you really do fear nothing. it is why i chose you. because you think things are possible which aren't possible.
my companion. someone to share my burden.
you've lost a great deal of blood.
then drink.
good, is it not?
drink and live. you've been brave enough for one night, my son.
drink.  drink and learn.
there.  there.  that will do.
no.  no more. lestat, no more!
don't be afraid, it's only your body that dies.
that's enough, my son.  when you feed, you must hold back from the moment of death. you must never take the last drop, or it will draw you in and you will die.
remember, there is wisdom in the flesh, lestat. a man wears his history on his skin.
i'm talking about humanity.
we're more than that. their blood that we take into us carries with it life.  their life, their knowledge, their complexity. appreciate your prey, lestat.
the trick is to find the way to face eternity head on. the spirit can be annihilated by boredom just as the body can be destroyed by sun or fire. my solace, my delight, is witnessing the unfolding of human destiny.
 from christ to the dark ages to the enlightenment, i've never been able to divine what was coming. that's what keeps me going -- i can't wait to see what human beings are going to do next.
who could've predicted the enlightenment? or hannibal and his elephants?
careful.
shhh. the life of a vampire is a life of discretion. we must sleep during the day, when we are vulnerable to the sun. mortals must never know about us. it is forbidden, for the sake of all our kind.
not unless you wanted to kill her.
you're known by me. i granted you that. there are others of our kind.  though most are solitary creatures.
forget god. you're no longer in his realm. now we must leave.
stop her, lestat!
you must!
i will not have you put everything at risk! you will mind our laws!
we remain in the shadows. to do otherwise is a road to destruction.
i see you still have a few lingering mortal emotions. they will serve you no good, lestat.
what have you done, lestat? lestat!
lestat?
i don't think so, my little lord.
no. you've drunk the purest blood. seen the oldest of things -- far too much for one as young as you. you've been unconscious for days.
she.  she is your mother, my mother.  akasha, the queen of all who are damned. and he is her king.
she made you quite powerful. don't make me use this!
lestat, listen to me! i have watched over akasha and her king for 2000 years! they must never awaken!
akasha and her king nearly drank this earth dry when they ruled over egypt. they drank until they lost their will to drink. they became living statues. and yet akasha still sustains the life force of all vampires. it is believed what happens to her, happens to all of us.
if she were ever to rise, she would again desiccate the earth! she has no respect for anything except the taste of blood. immortal and human alike.
i hear her blood in your voice.  in all the years i've cared for them, not once have they moved.
you are part of a great coven! you take responsibility for your kind!
i chose you for your bravery, but i was wrong. you know only selfishness. i can no longer trust you.  it gives me no pleasure to look upon what i have created.
lestat.
it is good to see you, lestat.
old habits die hard.
i slept.
elvis.
you're bigger than he is now.
if someone doesn't get to you first.
if it were only so simple, my son.
you forget. we ancients have powers no ordinary vampires possess.  and i know you. i remembered how you admired the medieval fortresses in the hilltowns of lyon. all you're missing is the moat and the cannons.  which you may need.
impressive. reminds me of mad old druids running around chanting in the forest. very primitive stuff.
it's what you've always wanted.
do you think of anyone but yourself?
it may be time to get ready for some company.
your music's woken a very old friend.
can't you hear it? or is the applause all you can hear now?
akasha has risen. she has taken her king's blood. absorbed his power. you've done it this time.
don't you understand? you must stop this concert!
no. not the same! you've only known akasha dormant. she too will find you. she is choosing her moment. she has come to destroy you, lestat. and in her wrath, she will devour everything that moves. mortal and vampire alike.
and you're taking everyone with you, you fool! we were once mortals, too. it is our heritage we protect!
you're a monster.
pandora, armand, it's been a long time. khayman, maharet, to what do i owe this honor?
i don't see how this solves things. this isn't thought through.
maharet is right. it is akasha we face now.
she's sucked the life out of her king like a praying mantis. i sense she is getting closer.
what happens to our queen happens to us. if akasha dies, we die as well.
maharet speaks the truth. it is our only hope.
hello, david.
i must show you my new paintings sometime.
akasha.
then we weaken her. drain her of almost all her blood, but leave her just one drop.
she comes.
lestat.  step aside.
akasha, please.
i will not.
my queen, i will watch over you always.