[Which is a lie, but a polite one. From the looks of Hannibal's rulebook, lying is acceptable if it is polite. But maybe that is a double-standard. Either way, she doesn't think her response necessarily matters in the slightest to him. If he wants to force it, he will. If he wants to leave her alone, he will. Hannibal does nothing under the permission of others. Not when he can coerce or coax it as he sees fit.]
[Alana thinks and wonders vaguely if he's bothered at all by the fact that she died. It's not a question she's going to ask, however. The answer will either be a carefully constructed lie or the truth, but either way be difficult to decipher any real meaning out of it. The last thing she feels like doing right now is trying to parse through Hannibal's words. The assumption is there that he would only be irritated that he was not the one to do it, but she pushes it aside. Those aren't thoughts she wants to be intimate with.]
I take it you were fine during port.
[Not a slight against him. A careful asking after his well-being.]
private.
[Which is a lie, but a polite one. From the looks of Hannibal's rulebook, lying is acceptable if it is polite. But maybe that is a double-standard. Either way, she doesn't think her response necessarily matters in the slightest to him. If he wants to force it, he will. If he wants to leave her alone, he will. Hannibal does nothing under the permission of others. Not when he can coerce or coax it as he sees fit.]
[Alana thinks and wonders vaguely if he's bothered at all by the fact that she died. It's not a question she's going to ask, however. The answer will either be a carefully constructed lie or the truth, but either way be difficult to decipher any real meaning out of it. The last thing she feels like doing right now is trying to parse through Hannibal's words. The assumption is there that he would only be irritated that he was not the one to do it, but she pushes it aside. Those aren't thoughts she wants to be intimate with.]
I take it you were fine during port.
[Not a slight against him. A careful asking after his well-being.]