"I have survived, but I have not been spared."
･ ｡. DEATHLESS MEME // OPEN
He had been standing there in the dark but allowed Zeller’s confession to lure him into giving one small step forward. Dim lights cut through the outline of Lecter’s cheekbones but it never reached his eyes. Yet they wait there. UNBLINKING , patient, drinking in Brian’s pain. Quenching his thirst with the MELANCHOLY that soaked the other man’s very being. ❛ … Whatever doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger, Agent Zeller. ❜ His accent turned words into hisses. Hannibal Lecter was a SERPENT ; his scales had now begun to break through the skin. ❛ You have survived through a lot these past few years. Rather remarkably if I may say so. Maintaining one’s ability to laugh at the misfortunes of life shows great ENDURANCE. But it must be rather frustrating … ❜ Words lingered in the air. Perhaps the curve on Lecter’s lips was merely a trick of the light. Maybe Zeller was imagining things. But anyone who had looked closely at the inmate as he spoke his next sentence could have seen a cruel trace of HUMOR discreetly tugging at his facial features. ❛ … Having nothing to do with all that strength. ❜
