Matthew had spent millions trying to fight what science had declared irreversible. Private clinics in New York, experimental labs in California, discreet consultations in Texas and Colorado, all had promised progress wrapped in professional optimism, yet none delivered results. Each failed attempt hardened Matthew further, convincing him that the solution simply had not been expensive enough yet. Lucas, however, never asked for more doctors. He asked questions instead, questions about colors, shadows, reflections, and stars, all of which Matthew answered poorly, if at all, because how could someone who had always seen explain sight to someone who never had.