Yes. Yes, and it’s also the act of a heartbroken man. You know, it is the very ugly breakup, where you didn’t want it. He didn’t want any of this, so, ‘I’m destroying all of it and everything that we were supposed to have, I’m going to raise the Earth.’ [..] But it’s also, I think, an indicator of just how deeply Will Graham got through to Hannibal Lecter on an emotional, connective level, and the hurt of the betrayal.

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