Understanding A Killer

Evidence

"It's 11 PM, don't you think that's enough for today?" - Will asked, then looked at the sky, "... Besides, the weather isn't looking too good."

A thunder rumbled in the distance just as he finished.

"Hmmm... Let's check just one more. We're close anyway." - Eliana spoke while looking at a map, "If I was wrong, it's a complete waste of time. But if I'm right, we don't have a lot of time."

"You're right. Guess I'll sleep some other week... Or life." - Will joked.

"Oh, come on. You can take a few sleepless nights." - She laughed, "It's only been 3 days."

~3 days ago~

"This might be a reach... A really BIG reach, but..." - Eliana spoke quietly, looking around the almost empty cafe they sat at. "BUT..."

"Come on, spill it already. I don't think anybody's listening" - Will looked at her eagerly.

"Remember how you asked me if I think Miram had something important to say before she died?"

"Yeah. You said no."

"Well, Miriam wouldn't have died without a fight. She's the person who figured Hannibal out before any of us. Compared to her, we seem kinda dumb." - Eliana frowned sadly, "I'm guessing she wrote something on the ground before she died. That's why there was so much dirt between her fingernails."

"But... It got washed away by the rain, snow, or whatever." - Will sighed, "What do you think she wrote? I don't think it was his name. Because that wouldn't even count as plausible evidence in court."

"Yeah." - She nodded, "I don't think so either. But a rolled, big leaf in her hand, what do you think that could mean? In that particular shape..."

Will paused to think. "... I got nothing." - He admitted.

"That's right. It wouldn't mean anything to you, because you didn't spend any time with her in that prison. If I died, it would go completely unnoticed." - Eliana leaned closer to Will, jumping at the sound of the cafe's door opening.

Will watched as a coustomer sat at a table further away from them, and spoke when he determined it was safe. "But you didn't. And it made you think of something none of us could've noticed."

"It did. At first, my mind was completely blank. But then, I tried thinking about all of the things we shared and experienced there. Just one thing that came to mind made sense... And that's a film roll. After I tried to escape, Hannibal put up cameras. Those films would contain footage of us, and him, keeping us there. Miriam wasn't in good condition, but as I already said, she's very clever. So what if she took one of those camera films before she escaped, as a precaution?"

"So that if she died... there would still be evidence." - Will concluded.

"That's right!" - Eliana exclaimed, then realized she got too loud, "Well... It's just a theory. Not a probable one."

"No, no. It makes sense. But we didn't find anything on her."

"She knew he would take it if he caught her. And I imagine he was chasing her for some time... If he wasn't, she would have been able to find civillization. So she hid it somewhere."

"Where?" - Will furrowed his brows, "Woods? Grass? What place is there to hide it?"

"There's just one place that makes sense." - She tilted her head, "Just one place that would come to her mind..."

"... She went back." - He opened his mouth slightly, "...To the building he kept her."

"Yes, that's my theory." - Eliana shrugged.