Before her did not stand an old man. Before her stood a young man with deep scars on his face and neck.

He looked away and quietly said:

— These are the consequences of an accident. I survived by a miracle, but the scars changed me. People feared me. Turned away. Laughed. I hid for many years behind the mask of an old man so no one would see what I really looked like. But when I saw you… for the first time in years, I felt I wanted to live differently. I wanted to give your family everything I could, if only you would agree to stay by my side.