"...yes." Will lets out a sigh as he thinks about it further. "But there was also...he said to me- well, to Francis, but he knew it'd make it back to me- that 'blood and breath are only elements undergoing change to fuel your radiance.' Well...my 'radiance' was too newly formed. He'd want to protect his new baby monster, until I figured out what I actually wanted."

He opens his mouth, but doesn't say anything for a long moment, before seemingly acknowledging something to himself and continuing. "And if it served his own interest, all the better, right? I doubt he'd understand why I'd be hesitant to kill Alana, if I was so angry with her."

He hopes he'd be hesitant. He hopes he'd keep Hannibal from going through with it. Maybe she's not one of the best people in that world, but she was still trying. She does not deserve to be livestock.