" [Off-screen, Hannibal""s cherished baby sister was cannibalized by the soldiers.]Eight years later after the war ended, the Lecter Castle had become a Soviet-run orphanage ("the People""s Orphanage").After having Alex sit on the bed next to him, he affectionately puts his arm around Alex""s bare shoulders and speaks to him in the Nadsat lingo of youth:.In the past, Gabriel had been spurned by his government department for reporting problems after 9/11: "He was DOD""s chief programmer for infrastructure security.The slogan suggests that anything rotten, such as smelly garbage, decay, corruption or thievery, may be artfully covered up and concealed.