[The Archivist's gaze holds for several seconds, and then the sense of being watched fades. He clearly loses interest, glances away toward the door. Whatever he was looking for, it's not in Hannibal. It's only when he looks back, sees the doctor's expression, that it registers for Jon what he'd just done. How easily he'd slipped. But that was... there was a purpose to this, yes? He'd needed to check, to see if Hannibal would be vulnerable.
The rationalization after the fact has his stomach churning just a bit.
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Date: 2019-08-16 04:10 am (UTC)The rationalization after the fact has his stomach churning just a bit.
He starts to look uncomfortable once more.]
No. No, thank you. I-
I'll handle it. I can handle it.
[Hopefully.]