"I dunno, man, get you a place to sit, keep you company once I'm off work, distract you with my shining personality?" he responds. "Yeah, he liked fine. Like a normal person, I guess, except not a person, which I didn't tell him I knew, for the record."

Whatever drama might happen between them, Eddie is content to let it happen between them. But Lestat is his friend, whether he admits to it or not, and Eddie couldn't have not told him or not offered to help, even if he can't.