Hannibal chuckles and shrugs elegantly, "It's true, your empathy might have helped with patients. But what is more likely is that you would take your work home with you, so to speak."
He pushes off from the desk and settles in the chair opposite Will, crossing his legs. "I think, Will, the solution is not to stop you from reading your books or watching the news. News is unavoidable. What we should try, instead, to do is learn how to channel your empathy."