Rae's face draws down.

"He says that Dr. Lecter is cruel. That he hurts people for fun, but in ways that are hard to pin down as deliberate. Last fall, Dr Lecter told me my friend's suspicions about him were paranoia - and in part I believed him. He told my friend so in a way that made even my friend wonder whether Dr. Lecter may have been telling the truth."

Sunshine still feels the sting of realizing how she had been doubting Autor.