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hydrokinetics) wrote2017-02-26 10:12 pm
hydrokinetics) wrote2017-02-26 10:12 pm
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I wanna go back but I can't back down, and you know me too well [Letter, Sunday, W6]
Dr. Lecter,
In theory, this letter is for you and for Will both but I don’t really think he wants to hear from me. He’s not the Will Graham I know, so I’m not sure I want to hear from him yet either.
However, I think I owe you both for multiple reasons.
The old Will Graham once said: “Neither of us have lied to you. I like you very much and I think you are a very good kid and I don't want to see you hurt. I know Hannibal feels the same way, all advice he's given you or conversations he's had with you are not out of anything but Hannibal wanting good for you.”
Despite how everything turned out, I’m kind of figuring that’s actually true. You didn’t have to give me your merit. He didn’t have to give me hints. You both didn’t have to hold my secrets. You both didn’t have to write me letters.
Neither of you had to do any of the things you’ve done, and even though I’m not sure how I feel about it now, I do know that these are the tools I needed to help me win.
It’s for that reason I will ask Hal to send you two to wherever it is you wish to go. A new country, the bottom of the ocean, I don’t know. I would ask you to stop hurting people in your new life, but I don’t know if asking will do anything at all.
And so, this letter is to thank you both for everything. The good and the bad. I’ve realized that even if I can never think of either of you the same way, you’ve forced me to change into who I am. And who I am now is the one who needs to win this game. I can only hope that I will continue to change for the better. I can only hope that your love for each other is enough to keep the two of you satisfied and save the rest of the world for a tiny bit longer.
You did what you had to do, Dr. Lecter. So did Will. And so did I. And that, I think, is enough for the three of us.
-Percy Jackson
In theory, this letter is for you and for Will both but I don’t really think he wants to hear from me. He’s not the Will Graham I know, so I’m not sure I want to hear from him yet either.
However, I think I owe you both for multiple reasons.
The old Will Graham once said: “Neither of us have lied to you. I like you very much and I think you are a very good kid and I don't want to see you hurt. I know Hannibal feels the same way, all advice he's given you or conversations he's had with you are not out of anything but Hannibal wanting good for you.”
Despite how everything turned out, I’m kind of figuring that’s actually true. You didn’t have to give me your merit. He didn’t have to give me hints. You both didn’t have to hold my secrets. You both didn’t have to write me letters.
Neither of you had to do any of the things you’ve done, and even though I’m not sure how I feel about it now, I do know that these are the tools I needed to help me win.
It’s for that reason I will ask Hal to send you two to wherever it is you wish to go. A new country, the bottom of the ocean, I don’t know. I would ask you to stop hurting people in your new life, but I don’t know if asking will do anything at all.
And so, this letter is to thank you both for everything. The good and the bad. I’ve realized that even if I can never think of either of you the same way, you’ve forced me to change into who I am. And who I am now is the one who needs to win this game. I can only hope that I will continue to change for the better. I can only hope that your love for each other is enough to keep the two of you satisfied and save the rest of the world for a tiny bit longer.
You did what you had to do, Dr. Lecter. So did Will. And so did I. And that, I think, is enough for the three of us.
-Percy Jackson