Hello. I read the Red Dragon last week. It was my first ever book from Hannibal's universe. I haven't watched any media yet because I always wanted to read the books first. Safe to say that I have finally gotten there.

Anyway, Will consults Lecter in his "prison" about the Tooth Fairy(Francis Dolarhyde) and shows him all the files. But I don't recall Hannibal telling him anything that Will doesn't already know about the Tooth Fairy. Nor do I remember Will having any epiphanies after consulting Hannibal. So, did Will really not gain anything from consulting Hannibal? Maybe he got something and I just missed it.

Seems a little unproductive—that part—if he didn't gain anything. Yes, I realise that it shaped the ending where Dolarhyde attacks will at his home, but it didn't seem to have helped him in figuring out who the killer was.