Louis: Vampires are killers. Apex predators whose all-seeing eyes were meant to give them detachment. The ability to see a human life in its entirety. Not with any markest sorrow, but with the thrilling satisfaction of being the end of that life. Having a hand in the divine plan.
Molloy: Don't expect every reader to swallow that one.
Louis: That's the purpose. Our book must be a warning, as much as anything.