And yet, neither of us fits into the box of "most people." Perhaps when the train stops, our knot will be severed. Or the threads may be pulled even tighter.

[ Hannibal doesn't seem to mind either outcome from his tone. Both suit him well enough, because either way, it still means the two of them together. It's all Hannibal would hope for at this point, though it's all he's been hoping for in the past few years. Everything else in between is little more than set decoration to that.

He watches Will idly, but he doesn't glance to the window to see what's caught his attention. Hannibal instead just smiles, and with Will's response, the corners of his eyes pull up a little into more of a smile. ]

Then I'm quite flattered. But would it particularly matter if that was the case? For all intents and purposes, I am here now.