Lestat went on as though he expected a different answer, but Tony very confidently and immediately replied, "Yes," and looked baffled that there could have been an alternative. In the variety of life on Earth and beyond it, there had to be some distinction between society and animals, and being able to pursue a conversation had so far been a rational one. "Is that what this is, necessity?" Without a coven then, if Lestat felt like he was surrounded by animals, the future here must have felt very lonely.