Could be. Would argue not by much, yet we are alive, whole... equipped with strange and new abilities.

So it isn't as if we're helpless.

[ All he knows about her is what's been in the papers or Tattlecrime, which is to say not a whole lot. But any victim of Hannibal's should appreciate having extra means to defend themselves, he imagines. Who wouldn't?

Gideon observes her (lack of ear), her scar, and returns to his quiet thought. To comment would only invite similar comments upon himself. ]