@stuckinthemindsofkillers said: “ imagine, like, truly imagine what it takes to bludgeon someone to death. ”
“ i cannot begin to imagine the physical and psychological havoc that sort of action would wreak on a human being. ” his voice is steady as he regards will with what he hopes is the expression of an innocent man, one who has never taken a life. felt a pulse peter out from beneath his fingertips as he strangled them from behind, hyoid bone shattering in the vice-like grip of his hands. no, hannibal has no idea what it feels like to beat another human being until their muscles stop twitching--legs stop kicking--a marionette on a string, bucking wildly. the coppery scent of blood, thick in the air, seeping from the wounds. bones crushed, fragmented, body torn asunder.
no, hannibal couldn’t possibly comprehend the violence of an act such as that.
predatory gaze alighting on will once again, irises cast with a crimson shadow from the flickering firelight in the hearth, hannibal can only breathe the question--
“ how do you imagine it, will? ”