[ Later, once he's processed all of this, the meaning of 'Hal' will connect and Will will feel like an idiot for not picking up on it sooner. He'll blame his lapse on being overwhelmed by the arrival in this place. It's as good an explanation as any other.

Will thinks about the events that least to his distrust of pre-prepared food. Rat poison would have been considered preferable, at least in the beginning. It might have hurt in the short term, but that would have ended. As it was now, Will had to live with the knowledge of the ingredients he'd sampled at Hannibal's table over the years. ]

I'm concerned about drugs. [ He admits. Again, rat poison and glass were no picnic, but at least you were dead once it was all said and done. ] Something to make us more compliant, or susceptible to suggestion.

But glass would also be quite unpleasant.