And again came the image of Him, turning from the balustrade, and the voice asking me with such conviction, You would never be my adversary, would you? Memnoch watched me. I looked away. I felt the strongest loyalty to him already, rising out of the tale he was telling me and the emotions invested in it, and I was confused by the words of God Incarnate. “And well you should be,” said Memnoch. “For the question you must ask yourself is this: Knowing you, Lestat, as surely He must, why He does not already consider you His adversary? Can you guess?” Stunned. Quiet. He waited until I was ready for
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