Autor thinks on that for a while, turning definitions over in his head. His ears roll independently of one another on his head, showing his ambivalence.

"I think it's acting on the complicated desire to help another person find true happiness," he says, his voice growing more confident as he speaks. "Placing another's needs before your own. The opposite of selfishness. I'm sure you'll find out that it isn't trying to rob people of their freedom of interpretation, Dr. Lecter. Someday."