"I've been racking my brain, but no, I don't believe I've ever encountered a Jack Crawford before. Not as a client or acquaintance." Will shook his head again. "I admittedly don't have the greatest memory for names, but I would remember his physical appearance. He was a big man, African-American, close cropped hair and a stare that definitely seemed to project authority."
When Dr. Lecter mentioned the words "alternate universe", though, Will smiled. "I would call it absurd, but given that this whole phenomenon is absurd, I suppose it might be the least so. I mean, it obviously isn't my life here, and you know what Sherlock Holmes had to say about absurd possibilities." When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.