I've made a career out of protecting people, usually after others have been brutally murdered. The closer I am to someone, the more inclined I am to do whatever it takes to see they don't come to harm. It's not selfless or brave, Raina. It's just what I do.
[He likes this world for that, sometimes. He's no longer coming to scenes after the fact and working from there, not like he was back home. It's refreshing, and it's more refreshing to have the freedom to keep an eye on his people and prevent, protect, before they get abducted and suffer. Before they can get in too deep and have their reputations slaughtered in the newspaper. Raina is on his radar because of Chilton, it's true. But if they were to break up, she'd still be stuck on it. Short of breaking up via hurting him in some unforgivable way, of course. Then that would change things.]
Can you not trust that I know him well? I know his methods and what to watch for that might go unnoticed by anyone else? If you can't, can you trust if I need help in a more immediate way, I will let you know? Would that be an agreeable outcome for you right now?
[Not actually lying, but. With Hannibal, it might be too late, if anything comes to a head. Still, it's the thought that counts! Right?]
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[He likes this world for that, sometimes. He's no longer coming to scenes after the fact and working from there, not like he was back home. It's refreshing, and it's more refreshing to have the freedom to keep an eye on his people and prevent, protect, before they get abducted and suffer. Before they can get in too deep and have their reputations slaughtered in the newspaper. Raina is on his radar because of Chilton, it's true. But if they were to break up, she'd still be stuck on it. Short of breaking up via hurting him in some unforgivable way, of course. Then that would change things.]
Can you not trust that I know him well? I know his methods and what to watch for that might go unnoticed by anyone else? If you can't, can you trust if I need help in a more immediate way, I will let you know? Would that be an agreeable outcome for you right now?
[Not actually lying, but. With Hannibal, it might be too late, if anything comes to a head. Still, it's the thought that counts! Right?]