He s good at that, but there are other people just as good I imagine. Not many , Crawford said. What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection, Dr. Bloom said. He can assume your point of view or mine and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. It s an uncomfortable gift, Jack.
Perception s a tool that s pointed at both ends.
The very air had screams smeared on it. As Graham gets deeper into the hunt for the Tooth Fairy, he knows that he needs to speak to Dr. Lecter, needs contact with the darkness. In a scene preceding the visit to the sanatorium where Dr. Lecter is incarcerated, Graham sits in an unmarked Police cruiser with the Chief of Detectives at Atlanta, who pumps Graham for information about Lecter. Graham looked out of the car window at all the people on the sidewalk. His voice seemed detached, as though he were dictating a letter.