[ And yet for Will, the dramatic shifts settle on him like a soothing balm. This is his normalcy, whole and complete as it can be for him. He feels loved and needed by Winston, warm and wanted by Hannibal, and his mind is stimulated and sated by the conversation. He should feel ill, most likely. Any rational human being would but Will has long ago tossed standard rationality to the side in order to... well, be. His work, his morals, his struggle against his mind, it was all so much and now here with Hannibal, he is fine.
He is fine to talk candidly and with a detached interest in the misery of two young teenagers. ]
Misery over Jason's passing wouldn't be as wide spread. The misery over Annabeth and Riku and both Percy and Xion's subsequent reactions will shake the town entirely. If Jason died, you wouldn't have found it nearly as amusing. There wouldn't be anything for you to work with, Hannibal.
[ He says it simply, with nothing more than an eerie intuition and a detached delivery. He's not bothered by any of this, which should be more of a surprise but he cut ties with that feeling effectively the moment the Dragon confronted him in his hotel room and asked to see Dr. Lecter.
That is when Will knew, there was no getting away from this. There was no future for him in the other direction. ]
Ah, but do you think Annabeth would let him live with that? She seemed good, firmer foundation than Percy. If he won, I don't think that would be an option for him. I don't think she would let it be.
[ Almost like Will, in a way. He doesn't know if he could ever actively do something like ... help Hannibal win this game. But what he can do is let Hannibal play to his heart's content with little interference from Will himself. Participation vs observation. It makes all the difference in the end. ]
I would hope you weren't about to forget Cuba so soon.
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Date: 2017-02-10 06:56 am (UTC)He is fine to talk candidly and with a detached interest in the misery of two young teenagers. ]
Misery over Jason's passing wouldn't be as wide spread. The misery over Annabeth and Riku and both Percy and Xion's subsequent reactions will shake the town entirely. If Jason died, you wouldn't have found it nearly as amusing. There wouldn't be anything for you to work with, Hannibal.
[ He says it simply, with nothing more than an eerie intuition and a detached delivery. He's not bothered by any of this, which should be more of a surprise but he cut ties with that feeling effectively the moment the Dragon confronted him in his hotel room and asked to see Dr. Lecter.
That is when Will knew, there was no getting away from this. There was no future for him in the other direction. ]
Ah, but do you think Annabeth would let him live with that? She seemed good, firmer foundation than Percy. If he won, I don't think that would be an option for him. I don't think she would let it be.
[ Almost like Will, in a way. He doesn't know if he could ever actively do something like ... help Hannibal win this game. But what he can do is let Hannibal play to his heart's content with little interference from Will himself. Participation vs observation. It makes all the difference in the end. ]
I would hope you weren't about to forget Cuba so soon.