[Chilton can't see their talk but Will feels like he knows who this is. (Paranoid ... He seeks control. He's had it, once, but perhaps only briefly. Chilton had said, and Walter confesses to not wanting to live any longer. Who else could it be?) Chilton isn't asking for Will to play guessing games with names, and turning this into that won't foster the environment between them he wants, so he doesn't bring it up.
What was it Pinkman had told him? It hurts less if you don't fight it. Never an option, not to anyone from Baltimore who wanted to survive. They might have had different brands of fighting, some more inclined to run, but those who were still standing were that way for a reason. Luck and determination, however grim a drive they might have had, and one man who left them alive (or was lied to about their death).
Will frequently considers what Hannibal's reaction to situations would be...and tries to do the opposite. But when Chilton talks about someone too interested he can't cut off, with plenty of instability that's been directed, well. Chilton wasn't his only patsy, and it was Will who Hannibal had attempted to pointed at Mason Verger only for Will to slip a noose over his neck. One of poor design by comparison, Hannibal being who and what he was. Hannibal wasn't here, but perhaps a dose of the Ripper is just what the doctor ordered. Chilton's yet to experience the lonely, bloody drive to Will's house. This will probably not bite him at the ass. (Yet.)]
That's quite the cocktail. [For what callback that is, there's no bite, no sneer. As good a way as any to phrase it, a nod of acknowledgement.] If he can direct this at you...he should be able to direct it elsewhere, too, shouldn't he? Other than himself, provided he's given a proper nudge.
[He is not going to say the word patsy, even so. While ideally one might point unstable patients at soothing arts and crafts or new hobbies, Chilton isn't the ideal psychiatrist, and he knows that Will has been decidedly influenced by a much worse psychiatrist. It's possible Chilton's already attempted this method and failed, thus leading him to Will, which is fine. Probably best he didn't assume, though, so he asks and suggests anyway like this is normal conversation. Normal conversation between equals, judging by that calm, curious tone.]
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What was it Pinkman had told him? It hurts less if you don't fight it. Never an option, not to anyone from Baltimore who wanted to survive. They might have had different brands of fighting, some more inclined to run, but those who were still standing were that way for a reason. Luck and determination, however grim a drive they might have had, and one man who left them alive (or was lied to about their death).
Will frequently considers what Hannibal's reaction to situations would be...and tries to do the opposite. But when Chilton talks about someone too interested he can't cut off, with plenty of instability that's been directed, well. Chilton wasn't his only patsy, and it was Will who Hannibal had attempted to pointed at Mason Verger only for Will to slip a noose over his neck. One of poor design by comparison, Hannibal being who and what he was. Hannibal wasn't here, but perhaps a dose of the Ripper is just what the doctor ordered. Chilton's yet to experience the lonely, bloody drive to Will's house. This will probably not bite him at the ass. (Yet.)]
That's quite the cocktail. [For what callback that is, there's no bite, no sneer. As good a way as any to phrase it, a nod of acknowledgement.] If he can direct this at you...he should be able to direct it elsewhere, too, shouldn't he? Other than himself, provided he's given a proper nudge.
[He is not going to say the word patsy, even so. While ideally one might point unstable patients at soothing arts and crafts or new hobbies, Chilton isn't the ideal psychiatrist, and he knows that Will has been decidedly influenced by a much worse psychiatrist. It's possible Chilton's already attempted this method and failed, thus leading him to Will, which is fine. Probably best he didn't assume, though, so he asks and suggests anyway like this is normal conversation. Normal conversation between equals, judging by that calm, curious tone.]