"The pirate said it was a curse." Hannibal nodded, remembering what Jack Sparrow had said to him. He indicated the monkey. "It just seemed very odd to me that it would resist transmission through normal physical means. Nearly everything can be passed somehow."
He smiled a little. "Admittedly, I haven't ever worked closely with curses. My world doesn't have such things. Until coming here, I would have called anybody who mentioned such things to me an idiot. Of course, now I've met all sorts. Also seen a giant lizard walking the city. Can't really ignore that, unfortunately."