"Not those eyes, no," he agreed ... if it was agreement. "But I know you, Derek. You face overwhelming odds. And you vanquish them .. . merely because you don't know it to be impossible." He smiled—sadly, I thought suddenly. "You remind me of ..." His voice trailed off, and he looked out to sea again. "Long ago," he whispered, almost inaudibly. Or maybe it wasn't him at all, but a breath of night breeze.