baisunas: (not drunk enough for this)
Hannibal Lecter ([personal profile] baisunas) wrote in [personal profile] inseine 2020-04-12 09:39 pm (UTC)

I disagree. You fought for those of us who were to be sacrificed and were left behind when we were taken. It's often an easy thing to die. It is not always an easy thing to live after everyone else is dead.

[ The weight of experience briefly shades his tone. Outliving his sister. Outliving Will. Though it cost him nothing emotionally, life had certainly been made difficult with the death of his parents. His voice quickly clears. ]

We both endured the ordeal. There is nothing shameful in finding some measure of peace afterward.

[ There's a knot of muscle under his thumb. Hannibal concentrates on it, digs into it with force to work it out. ]

And as for your earlier question, the distinction between thought and memory is important. The answer determines the best course of treatment to solve the problem.

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