I have no idea, and frankly I don't care. But it certainly isn't about unwelcome urges you struggle to control, so let us not get started with that, either.
[It's a professional act, and would probably have taken in anyone without three centuries' experience in mind games. It takes Beckett in at least partially. He's inclined to give the benefit of doubt.
[Ah, so that entered the conversation somehow. Terribly careless of Will and House, really.]
The name refers to a serial killer known as the Chesapeake Ripper. Will and I both assisted the FBI in their pursuit of him.
[Well...whether what Hannibal did was helping was a matter of opinion.]
It is an unfortunate fact that those who seek out the darkness tend to be influenced by it. What Will in particular went through is a strong example of that.
[He feels like he's being led on, but he's already tilted full force into the conversation. He can pick through the information later, sift the wheat from the chaff from the poison.]
I presume that that is meant to explain his willingness to murder on your behalf without batting an eye.
Not entirely. Certainly a significant percentage of the reason behind his actions lies in his desire to protect me. Which, if you remember, I began this conversation expressing my apologies for. But his experiences do incline him in a certain way, making some unfortunate things more likely.
I'm sure you could... but I'm not sure you would have.
[Considering what was on the line.]
I am sure you understand why I want to know. Graham is eager to tell me this doesn't have to involve me, but I'd say being killed is plenty of involvement already.
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voice
Date: 2018-04-23 03:58 pm (UTC)From:Re: voice
Date: 2018-04-23 04:04 pm (UTC)From:[He would say ashamed, but won't...not because he wasn't, but because it verges on weakness.]
I would never have done those things otherwise.
[It sounds true because it is true, for a certain value of "true."]
voice
Date: 2018-04-23 06:31 pm (UTC)From:But he's also inclined to keep pushing.]
Who is the Ripper, Lecter?
Re: voice
Date: 2018-04-23 06:46 pm (UTC)From:The name refers to a serial killer known as the Chesapeake Ripper. Will and I both assisted the FBI in their pursuit of him.
[Well...whether what Hannibal did was helping was a matter of opinion.]
It is an unfortunate fact that those who seek out the darkness tend to be influenced by it. What Will in particular went through is a strong example of that.
voice
Date: 2018-04-24 01:31 pm (UTC)From:[He feels like he's being led on, but he's already tilted full force into the conversation. He can pick through the information later, sift the wheat from the chaff from the poison.]
I presume that that is meant to explain his willingness to murder on your behalf without batting an eye.
Re: voice
Date: 2018-04-24 03:26 pm (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2018-04-24 03:50 pm (UTC)From:[He doesn't blame Hannibal. He just wants to understand -]
What are you to him? A lover? Nothing so ordinary. You put up an excellent show, but you're both killers.
Re: voice
Date: 2018-04-24 04:06 pm (UTC)From:As for what we are to each other...lovers is true but insufficient. We see each other in a way most, if not all, cannot.
voice
Date: 2018-04-24 04:20 pm (UTC)From:[Considering what was on the line.]
I am sure you understand why I want to know. Graham is eager to tell me this doesn't have to involve me, but I'd say being killed is plenty of involvement already.