"I do." Hannibal shrugged. "You'll either believe me now, or believe me when enough things happen that you can't deny them. I can assure you, we all have better things to do with our lives than put on elaborate costumes, reprogram computers, and create an entire reality here for the benefit of one person."

He smirked. "Well, perhaps I wouldn't put it past one or two of our students, but they are teenagers."

Some things never changed.