[Hannibal's eyes narrowed, because if there was an emotion he did not understand, it was shame. It wasn't something he could honestly say he wanted to ever understand, either. Why feel shame when one was above all other human creatures?

The Archivist clearly thought the rules did apply to him, though. So whatever he was hiding behind 'smoking', he did not have control of it and he would be hurting more people in the future if he did not gain control.

Including people that Hannibal actually spoke to regularly.] Perhaps you did not start out this way, and perhaps it is not your fault that you became addicted to cigarettes. However, your continued dependence on them is a deflection of owning to your own mistakes.