"And you truly are a gift to my self-esteem." Though Hannibal thought highly of himself as it was.
"Just a moment." He told her before disappearing into the kitchen to retrieve a complimentary bottle of wine. A meal could never be truly complete without an appropriately tannic and firm wine to draw out the flavours of human meat.
He walked back into the dining room and poured two glass of the blood red liquid. "To be misunderstood is often to be underestimated. To be underestimated is to be unpredictable. Unpredictability can certainly be an advantage.
He sat down at the head of the table with Katherine on his right. "But to be misunderstood is to be alone." Hannibal continued.