[It was all a matter of knowing where people's pressure points were, and hitting them exactly when you needed to. Honesty was a good way to hit this points, so Hannibal mixed it together with light falsehoods and had a potent level of manipulation at his disposal. Even against himself.]

As my only child, I would not be surprised at that reaction from her.

As for Will, he is his own person. I keep away from him on his request. Thank you for honoring that agreement, in your own way.


[Here, he paused, because getting anything sexual was not part of why he wanted the younger Hannibal as his Submissive. Control ... control was always more satisfying than sex.]

I will have to get a bigger home, so you may have to wait while I get that arranged. You can have free access both. You will have my permission, naturally, as we do need a surgeon. I can give you some of my supplies and get you your own.

In exchange, I want full disclosure on your actions and who you interact with, along with the depth of said interaction. I do not need messy details, just salient knowledge. You are not to reveal our past revenge to anyone, and you are not to bring her into any conversation with someone I do not deem completely under our individual thralls.

You will only have safe sex with Marlo.

You will not kill anyone without discussing it with me first. I need to be able to run damage control if it goes public.