Hannibal gives Will an easy, comfortable smile. They are almost through this stage of their journey, when they need to be like near strangers with each other. After they have landed, after they have gone through customs, they can be overtly friendly, familiar, and Hannibal is looking forward to it.
"The French rightly pride themselves on their wine. It distills the heart of the land and the souls of the people."
Wine is itself richly symbolic. It was not for nothing that Christ's first miracle was turning water into wine, nor that the wine became his blood. Mere water is necessary for life, but wine is the art that transforms simple life into something divine. When Hannibal shares wine, when he shares food, he is offering a certain kind of elevation. And with Will, where there is truth and understanding, it is communion, a mingling of souls.
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Date: 2016-03-02 10:05 pm (UTC)"The French rightly pride themselves on their wine. It distills the heart of the land and the souls of the people."
Wine is itself richly symbolic. It was not for nothing that Christ's first miracle was turning water into wine, nor that the wine became his blood. Mere water is necessary for life, but wine is the art that transforms simple life into something divine. When Hannibal shares wine, when he shares food, he is offering a certain kind of elevation. And with Will, where there is truth and understanding, it is communion, a mingling of souls.