"One, yes. We were... close once." Malik sighed, shifting to look out at the trees around them. "But the circumstances of our meeting have passed, and I will not see the man who helped me find my heart again I think."

Even if there is never another like Leonardo in the world, it is enough to know that he existed and saw the world as he did.

"Dead or disfigured. I have seen men snap their legs in half or lose the ability to move entire parts of their body landing poorly."