beingdifferent | Sixth little lie ♰ 'Cause the devil works quick, you know it don't take long

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Sixth little lie ♰ 'Cause the devil works quick, you know it don't take long

(CW: gore)

Who did this?

[Today you don't get charm, Barge, you're in for something completely different. Esther's standing on the deck, eyebrows knit, mouth a thin line, looking troubled. The reason why becomes apparent when she swings her communicator around and captures an image of something becoming increasingly common on the Barge: a bloodied corpse, this one of one Hannibal Lecter. That in and of itself isn't so strange, and even a young murderess is clever enough to pick up on that. The strange part is that this death was obviously not due to a human attack; the claw and bite marks attest to that.]

This is the man everyone is angry with. Someone set a dog upon him, right? [She doesn't sound disturbed so much as disapproving, and the feed swings back to capture her face still wearing that frown.]

…A warden will need to bring him to the hospital. [By which she means infirmary.] I'm not going to stay here alone.

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[The Piemaker was afraid of this happening. Too many people out for blood. He recognizes the body instantly and his expression freezes into a stoic mask.

The one saving grace from all of this is that Esther is not so badly affected]

Esther, stay away from it. Someone else will come to get it soon. You don't have to be near it.

[The body seems to have a mesmerizing effect on Esther and the communicator catches just part of her face as she studies the body. But she snaps back to attention when Ned orders her back, and her frown deepens as she nods.]

Digby would never do this. What if the dog comes back?

No, he wouldn't. Digby is a good dog.

If the dog comes back, we'll know. I don't think it was coincidence that whatever it was attacked Dr. Lecter. It's not going to hurt you.