Re: Baltimore state hospital private visitation: Dallas/Will
[The hug was surprising, but it was needed as well. He went quiet as he returned it, awkward as it was, because he didn't want to spoil it with words that didn't need to be said. When she finally released him, he settled back in the chair, pulling the dish back towards him to open it up, releasing the taped fork from the lid so that he might dig in.]
I can't say I've ever had the need to keep food warm that long, but I appreciate it. It's worlds better than what they serve us here. [Which he could only keep down half the time, bland and wretched as it was. He never considered himself a connoisseur of food, but after the handful of meals cooked and prepared by Hannibal that he had indulged in, it was hard not to appreciate good food and recognize what bad food was.]