Well, I'm, uh, the middle child between two sisters. [That piece of information alone will tell Hannibal plenty about his psych, and about his personality in general.]

I worked my way through undergrad, then med school. You know what that's like. [He raises his brows at Hannibal, then leans further back into the chair as he continues.]

About halfway through I'd come to the conclusion that examining dead bodies was a far more interesting pursuit than treating live ones. So, once I graduated I applied to be a forensic scientist for the FBI. And the rest, as they say, is history.