we let the waters rise

“I’ll ignore the fact that we’re somehow on a first-name basis now and simply ask—Would you like to come in?”It was not a strange question, anticipated even, but it clawed at Will, under his fingernails and across his scalp. He didn’t want to be in there. Looking past Hannibal, Will could see the shadows of years, words, threats, and veiled intentions lingering beyond the threshold. He shook his head against the request and instead made himself stand. He felt an inescapable urge to get out of here.-----After the fall, Will wakes up in Hannibal's office in Baltimore in 2013, five years earlier.