Body steady to her sudden touch, light eyes lingering on her lips with her close proximity. "I was a stuffy professor," he laughed. "And Abigail would say I am a dad also." He added in a slightly softened tone. Hannibal taking her away from him, taking that chance to help her the way he had wished to, still burned in the depths of his heart. They had been even. He had thought he had nothing more to lose and Hannibal proved the only thing he actually had was Hannibal.
He lingered in the close proximity, watching her watching him. "Not commonly, but you're not merely into handcuffs, they are a safety blanket. There's a difference in what you're looking for in the item." His thumb grazed her lips before the dogs barked making Will step back and take a breath.
"I offer to teach specific people to fish, but I don't typically allow them to randomly show up and be taken along on what I had planned as a solo trip," he smirked. "We should go before it gets too dark."