I suppose we did. There are plenty of upsides to the Dark Gift -- our preternatural senses, our mind abilities, the ability to fly or cast fire with just our thoughts... the ability to see beauty in the mundane, in things we previously had no time for.. But its downsides are just as numerous. You won't find a single vampire who doesn't crave the human existence like a wound in their side.

[ Lestat's mouth twists like he's trying to keep a laugh bottled up. This is the first time he's ever divulged what he is to a human and had a negative reaction to it, and it's as bemusing as it is strange. Normally mortals are begging to be turned; he can think of at least two he's witnessed himself even if he didn't do the turning. ]

I don't know these names, but I suppose you're right. The fairies in Shakespeare are all quite tricky. La Belle Dame Sans Merci springs to mind more than all.

[ But then he looks at Demyx and leans in, almost conspiratorially. ]

Do you mean to tell me you know of fairies personally?