The plasticity of the human brain is a remarkable thing. Children with grand mal seizures have had their corpus callosum completely severed to alleviate their symptoms, and the brain adapts all of its functions to one hemisphere. Even with half a brain, these children can walk and talk again, with little impairment. In fact, the younger one is when brain damage occurs, the greater chance of recovery and the reconstruction of area functions in the brain.

Paul Krendler was not a young man at the time of his injuries, but young enough that he was able to recover to the approximate psychological age of twelve, along with the abbreviated sense of maturity that the age entails. His memories were corrupted, and it had taken several weeks for him to recall his own name. But now, he was far more consumed by the name of the man who had caused him such distress.

Time, for Paul Krendler, was plentiful now that he could no longer gain employment. Money was an entirely other factor until his executor discovered funds transferred, seemingly prematurely, to the Banque Geneve. With the money his late benefactor had left for him, Krendler was able to afford the surgeries, physical therapy, and psychotherapy needed for his new chance at life.

But all good things come with a heavy tax.

Verger, forward thinker that he was, had left a contingency plan in place. The money would not be distributed completely until Dr. Hannibal Lecter was safely in the hands of Verger's agents. Even in death, Mason Verger sought his revenge.

The plan was explained, in simplistic terms, to Krendler when he had recovered to the point of reasonable cognition. Krendler did not mind one bit about what he needed to do to get the money.

He thought to himself, That doctor guy did some bad stuff to me. The hospital people even said he made me eat my own brains. Yuck! Well, whatever this rich dead guy wants me to do, I'll do it.

His damaged brain could barely conceive all the things that he could to with Verger's blood money.