[Ah Will, there was so much you did not know yet. About who that ear belonged to, about what lay ahead of you from the hands of the man who is gently guiding you inside his home. Of course, when Hannibal sees those hands he thinks fondly of all the horrific things that Will has done to him in turn. All that dark potential that he had just missed. Missed because he lacked that fantastic imagination -- and the ability to see that he was a lost man the moment Will Graham met his gaze without glasses on.]

Yes ... yes it has.

[In so many ways. He cannot tell Will yet of their last moment together on the cliff, but for now, he can be the comforting friend he was in the past.]

You know you are always welcomed sanctuary in my home, Will. No matter what.

[He gestured for Will to follow him back into his new kitchen - which was still the center of his universe.] How have you been settling in the Down?