The Burmese Ferret-Badger, of Burma

One step ahead, as per usual, is Hannibal Lecter {Anthony Hopkins} in this scene, as he anticipates, then captures {on film} Chief Inspector Pazzi, catching him utterly unawares. By this time, Pazzi is becoming more and more uneasy, understandably so given the formidableness, and pure psychopathy, of his would-be “prize”.

Usually, one might feel cause for concern when the gloves are **off**. When Hannibal Lecter is about, however, a sense of dread makes itself apparent when the gloves are **on**.

Hannibal requires perhaps 0.03 seconds to transition from the Chief Inspector’s {phony} phone-call explanation, to the business at hand. An unfailingly courteous, though morbid, question and answer session then ensues. One last “Okey dokey” is thrown in, with characteristic sang-froid, by the serial killer for bonus points.