Dr Lecter stared at her. He was speechless. What she was saying couldn't
possibly be true, and yet. There was something that didn't seem right
though.
"Eight years? Why only eight years? If, lets say, I did commit these murders and was found guilty, I don't think I would be only charged with eight years at an asylum."
"I'm getting to that Dr Lecter, bear with me."
For the first time in his life, he didn't know what to say, or do for that matter. He had to kill her, there was no doubt in that, he couldn't risk her telling someone. Yet he was feeling extremely curious. He wanted to know where this story was going. She was so confident, she wasn't afraid of him, even though she obviously knew what he was capable of. She was either very brave, or very stupid.
"After eight years in the Baltimore Hospital, you'll be temporarily moved to Memphis. That in itself is another story, one that I do not feel like explaining right now, you'll find out one day. Memphis security will not be as strict as in Baltimore and this allows you to escape relatively easily, though you kill a few people on the way, something which hasn't stopped you before and probably never will." She paused, observing his reaction. He gave none. She continued.
"You'll travel around, escaping capture easily, until you finally reach Florence. There you will reside for quite a long period of time, until something back in the States catches your attention and you willingly return. What happens after that is something you should find out on your own. If I were to tell you, we would probably be here until tomorrow . and it would spoil the surprise." She smiled, as if enjoying a private joke.
She seemed to have finished for the time being, but Dr Lecter still had some questions he wanted to ask.
"Alright, where does the 'soulmate' part come into it?"
Alisha smiled. "While you are in the asylum, an FBI agent, Clarice Starling, is sent to interview you. She's intelligent, witty, very attractive. and she smells pretty good too." Alisha laughed in a non- obtrusive way, as if she had made quite the joke. "But you'll find that out for yourself. After you escape, you spend seven years away from her, but seeing her in the paper draws you back and you feel inclined to send her a letter. After she is publicly humiliated, you are compelled to return to Washington, if not to save her from the FBI, then from herself. You end up living together in Buenos Aires."
Dr Lecter raised an eyebrow. "Assuming this is all true, why are you telling me?"
Alisha leant back in her chair, "I have come to offer you a choice, one which will greatly affect the rest of your life. I have told you what will happen if you choose one option, this is your fate. If you choose the other option, you will be building a new path for yourself, one that may turn out to be better. or worse. Only time will tell."
She leaned forward again. "This brings me back to my question; Would you be willing to sacrifice eight years of your life, if, in turn, you found your soulmate?"
"Eight years? Why only eight years? If, lets say, I did commit these murders and was found guilty, I don't think I would be only charged with eight years at an asylum."
"I'm getting to that Dr Lecter, bear with me."
For the first time in his life, he didn't know what to say, or do for that matter. He had to kill her, there was no doubt in that, he couldn't risk her telling someone. Yet he was feeling extremely curious. He wanted to know where this story was going. She was so confident, she wasn't afraid of him, even though she obviously knew what he was capable of. She was either very brave, or very stupid.
"After eight years in the Baltimore Hospital, you'll be temporarily moved to Memphis. That in itself is another story, one that I do not feel like explaining right now, you'll find out one day. Memphis security will not be as strict as in Baltimore and this allows you to escape relatively easily, though you kill a few people on the way, something which hasn't stopped you before and probably never will." She paused, observing his reaction. He gave none. She continued.
"You'll travel around, escaping capture easily, until you finally reach Florence. There you will reside for quite a long period of time, until something back in the States catches your attention and you willingly return. What happens after that is something you should find out on your own. If I were to tell you, we would probably be here until tomorrow . and it would spoil the surprise." She smiled, as if enjoying a private joke.
She seemed to have finished for the time being, but Dr Lecter still had some questions he wanted to ask.
"Alright, where does the 'soulmate' part come into it?"
Alisha smiled. "While you are in the asylum, an FBI agent, Clarice Starling, is sent to interview you. She's intelligent, witty, very attractive. and she smells pretty good too." Alisha laughed in a non- obtrusive way, as if she had made quite the joke. "But you'll find that out for yourself. After you escape, you spend seven years away from her, but seeing her in the paper draws you back and you feel inclined to send her a letter. After she is publicly humiliated, you are compelled to return to Washington, if not to save her from the FBI, then from herself. You end up living together in Buenos Aires."
Dr Lecter raised an eyebrow. "Assuming this is all true, why are you telling me?"
Alisha leant back in her chair, "I have come to offer you a choice, one which will greatly affect the rest of your life. I have told you what will happen if you choose one option, this is your fate. If you choose the other option, you will be building a new path for yourself, one that may turn out to be better. or worse. Only time will tell."
She leaned forward again. "This brings me back to my question; Would you be willing to sacrifice eight years of your life, if, in turn, you found your soulmate?"