"Oh, no. Certainly not so quickly as you think." Lestat's voice carried the same condescending tone he always used when Louis happened to be right. "I haven't had the proper opportunity to warm up to this island, just yet. To meet the ladies, to find ourselves some fine establishment to make ourselves right at home in. I'd like to exercise some scant measure of civility before doing something as drastic as all that."

Which was to say, really, that Lestat was hoping to play with his food, first.