[ Game did know game, and when Will looked back on this conversation he would have to tip his hat to Raylan for his own skill. Normally Will would not have spoken so openly or intimately about his dance with Hannibal. Raylan was right to leverage the circumstances and the ex-profiler's current confused mental state.

Will might not be pleased at the manipulation, but he would certainly respect it. However, back to the story. ]

Not myself directly, at that time. [ Will corrected. ] He gave up trying to kill me after the first five attempts.

[ Long story. ]

Hannibal had fallen in love with me. [ He explained in low and measured tones. ] He would never accept the idea that anyone came above him in my attentions. [ There was a long list of dead bodies to bear that out. ]

But Hannibal never makes a move that has one single consequence. By sending the Dragon after my family, he also helped work his way further inside Dolarhyde's head. [ Will lifted a hand and made the motions of a puppeteer pulling strings. ] Hannibal regained his agency in the world.