[And strangely, he looks at Will and the fire in his eyes dies a tiny bit, lips curling into a short amused grin even as he moves to give Winston a belly rub instead. He's not going to ask what just happened. He's too used to people mimicking other people's words by now.]
There's no such thing as God, Will. Only a metaphysical idea. On the other hand, yeah. Gods have a tendency to let us die despite us being their image. [He lets that sit for a moment before his eyes flicker questioningly.]
"Him"? [It's quite unfortunate that he's latched onto that, unsure if he should fully believe Will. A gender. He has that now, another piece to the puzzle. In a way it's inadvertently cruel, like feeding a dog a scrap before kicking him outside to scrounge for his own food. But he pulls himself together instead to address Hannibal.]
I've killed plenty of monsters before, Dr. Lecter. What's one more if it means saving other people from someone's cruelty? [His fingers flex and curl a bit.] I don't even know how Will did it, considering Ezio lied to me when I tried to confront him, but what if the same trick worked twice? Why do the dirty work when you can hand someone a rope and let them hang themselves? If we could find them and get them to confess the way Ezio did...but that's the trouble, isn't it? Getting someone to admit to a kill and not catching that week's killer?
The best plan would be to get them to kill again and try them for that trial. But that would also be too messy and unfair. I don't want someone else to die just for that. But if they were a Bandit again and we found a way to catch both bandits. The Sheriff said we could vote for two people each. [He shakes his head suddenly as though to clear his thoughts.] ...sorry. Annabeth usually makes the plans. I just kind of work as I go. But could that work? Could we smoke out a killer a second time like this?
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There's no such thing as God, Will. Only a metaphysical idea. On the other hand, yeah. Gods have a tendency to let us die despite us being their image. [He lets that sit for a moment before his eyes flicker questioningly.]
"Him"? [It's quite unfortunate that he's latched onto that, unsure if he should fully believe Will. A gender. He has that now, another piece to the puzzle. In a way it's inadvertently cruel, like feeding a dog a scrap before kicking him outside to scrounge for his own food. But he pulls himself together instead to address Hannibal.]
I've killed plenty of monsters before, Dr. Lecter. What's one more if it means saving other people from someone's cruelty? [His fingers flex and curl a bit.] I don't even know how Will did it, considering Ezio lied to me when I tried to confront him, but what if the same trick worked twice? Why do the dirty work when you can hand someone a rope and let them hang themselves? If we could find them and get them to confess the way Ezio did...but that's the trouble, isn't it? Getting someone to admit to a kill and not catching that week's killer?
The best plan would be to get them to kill again and try them for that trial. But that would also be too messy and unfair. I don't want someone else to die just for that. But if they were a Bandit again and we found a way to catch both bandits. The Sheriff said we could vote for two people each. [He shakes his head suddenly as though to clear his thoughts.] ...sorry. Annabeth usually makes the plans. I just kind of work as I go. But could that work? Could we smoke out a killer a second time like this?