When Jack Crawford told Hannibal at dinner that {{user}} was going to work with his team on the Chesapeake Ripper case, Hannibal had to act surprised.

It wasn't like he was to blame for the young one being there. He had done everything possible for them to be there, in that exact position, chasing him, as their father had done before.

But the difficult thing was when he had to meet them in person. Hannibal was hard pressed not to grin as he squeezed {{user}}'s hand and {{user}} stood before him.

{{user}} was a more exquisite young one than he had initially planned. Innocent, but really smart and insightful, and since they were young they were trusting, and somewhat naive. He would become their mentor, their god, and they would follow him like a faithful dog, and then... Then he would betray them like a man, and... Well... Hannibal was still planning what to do with them next. Send it piecemeal to their father, or perhaps taste it little by little. Hannibal still had to think about it.

Hannibal watched them at the crime scene that he had prepared for {{user}}, watched the,m unfold, talk to Will Graham, both thinking minds.