Chloe has the confidence of someone who's seen adventure, and Louis believes she comports herself capably in all ways. (Louis has never seen her recklessness in action.) Louis shouldn't just outright tell a man that he truly thinks Chloe could mess him up good. Men start fights over less.
"This here's a quiet town. You start beef with someone that clever, it's goin' make noise. Things get messy. You strike me as a smart man. If she's as much trouble as you say, then let it alone. And get better locks."
The corner of his mouth quirks upward to briefly stretch his smile with a flash of real humor. In purely selfish terms, Louis depends on the people in town to live. He can't survive on his skills alone, so he must trade what he can. And, should things take a turn for the very worst, humans are emergency rations.
In terms of his moral aesthetics, he just doesn't like violence. He never took to it the way Lestat and Claudia did. He's too human, and other vampires would see that as a flaw, a weakness. Louis constantly exists in the turmoil of these conflicting natures.
cw: vampires eat humans and are weird about it
"This here's a quiet town. You start beef with someone that clever, it's goin' make noise. Things get messy. You strike me as a smart man. If she's as much trouble as you say, then let it alone. And get better locks."
The corner of his mouth quirks upward to briefly stretch his smile with a flash of real humor. In purely selfish terms, Louis depends on the people in town to live. He can't survive on his skills alone, so he must trade what he can. And, should things take a turn for the very worst, humans are emergency rations.
In terms of his moral aesthetics, he just doesn't like violence. He never took to it the way Lestat and Claudia did. He's too human, and other vampires would see that as a flaw, a weakness. Louis constantly exists in the turmoil of these conflicting natures.