"I will ask." Hannibal really had no idea how Hank would react to being seen so openly. He had not had a chance to speak to the doctor in a while, since the initial incident of becoming blue and furry. There was a chance, he supposed, that it wouldn't be so big of a deal anymore.
"No." The answer to Lindsey's question was very easy for Hannibal, and wasn't even technically a lie. Aeon had not died at her hand. Nor had she truly died at his own. Despite all that had been done to her, she was still breathing at the end of it. Somehow. With an incredible fear of straws, but breathing. And even if she hadn't been, alive that was, River had been acting in self defense.
"River's history here and in her own world are clear of anything that might be considered murder. This is the only tarnish upon her in that sense."
He liked the idea of focusing on the strange woman who had started the problems. He liked more the idea of finding her and showing her just how poor her judgement in targets had been.