[Oh, and he adores it. The sense of gratitude swelling in some secret part of him (a heart? something lower?) overwhelms him, it's such an unusual sense of. Power.
Yes, unlike normal people, Chilton weaponizes even thankfulness. It's the palpable emotion he himself feels when someone does something for him that he wanted all along; it most other cases, such is achieved by manipulation.
But not in this case, no. Chilton doesn't yet know that he's the one being manipulated.]
I ought to do something nice for you, in return.
[Face value, that would seem like an altruistic act born of gratitude. But as Hannibal probably knows, it certainly isn't that as much as it's a ploy to maintain contact under Chilton's directive. Contact as he wants the context. He isn't a man who can help his controlling tendencies, even amongst people he likes.]
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Yes, unlike normal people, Chilton weaponizes even thankfulness. It's the palpable emotion he himself feels when someone does something for him that he wanted all along; it most other cases, such is achieved by manipulation.
But not in this case, no. Chilton doesn't yet know that he's the one being manipulated.]
I ought to do something nice for you, in return.
[Face value, that would seem like an altruistic act born of gratitude. But as Hannibal probably knows, it certainly isn't that as much as it's a ploy to maintain contact under Chilton's directive. Contact as he wants the context. He isn't a man who can help his controlling tendencies, even amongst people he likes.]