[He tracks Hannibal's moves carefully, not at all rising or shifting from his seat but notating the slightly odd gesture. Granted, his eyes widen a little as he sees the knife make its appearance and watches it settle on the bedside table.

Percy, once again, is lucky not to get himself killed by rushing in. Just because he came unarmed shouldn't have meant Hannibal would be. He can hear Annabeth cursing him out now. But…the knife is out of Hannibal's reach. They're both unarmed men here for a discussion. He can handle that.]

You've never really lied to me about anything. It just worked in your favor that I never asked what I really needed to ask. Hal pulls the same tricks on me. [Percy has argued with the robot a lot.] But for the most part, he gives me answers, too. [A pause.] He also confirmed your role for me, but that's besides the point.

[Despite the fact he should be tense, he finds himself relaxed and even mirrors Hannibal's stance a bit.] On the other hand, there's that, too. We've been trying to figure out a new option for a few weeks. As you can guess, it's been pretty hard. But you have the same options as we do, don't you, Dr. Lecter? Find the Bounty Leader and kill them to end the game? Or did Hal give you another alternative?