1. Motion
In one smooth motion he kneels and seizes her skirt in a desperate grip, entreating her pardon for his sin.
2. Cool
There was a time her eyes cooled when they fell upon him, but his heart rejoices to see the newfound warmth in her regard.
3. Young
Sometimes as he watches his son play he wonders if he was ever that young.
4. Last
There is much he would have done differently if he had known that it would be the last time he saw her.
5. Wrong
He had thought she would never forgive him, and was grateful to learn that he was wrong.
6. Gentle
She croons a soft lullaby to their child as he looks on, marveling that someone so gentle could be so fierce.
7. One
He knows he has done his job well; he will take this target and no one the wiser to his presence- save one.
8. Thousand
He wonders how many lives he will need to atone for in the end: scores, hundreds, a thousand?
9. King
He is only a humble servant of the Hanar, but seeing the worship in his child's eyes makes him feel a king.
10. Learn
He had thought that his training taught him all there was to know of patience, but his son shows him every day that he still has much to learn.
11. Blur
For all his perfect memory, those years before she awakened him are a blur.
12. Wait
He could take this shot and doubtless strike true, but her whispered "How dare you?" fills him with an uncustomary self-doubt.
13. Change
He had thought that starting a family might change him, but as the months wear on he can feel his restlessness growing stronger.
14. Command
Though it pains him, he commands his son to stay; knowing he could never be safe with his father.
15. Hold
It still feels strange to hold those soft hands in his callused ones, but he clasps them gently, vowing that he will always keep her safe.
16. Need
He retreats into those flawless memories when his need is great and feels again the warmth of her flesh, tastes her on his tongue, and hears her quiet sighs.
17. Vision
With her sunset eyes staring him down, her skirts whipping in the harsh breeze and the hectic flush of anger rising in her cheeks she is the very vision of beauty.
18. Attention
Looking into her eyes he knows that he has lost this argument, it is that same defiant glare that first caught his attention.
19. Soul
From the first day she grants him her forgiveness he can feel something bright and new stirring in his soul.
20. Picture
He is charmed when Mouse gifts him with a holo, but there is a certain bittersweet ache in it, he carries no picture of his own son; had never thought he would need one.
21. Fool
He had been a fool to ever leave, if he had stayed with her then perhaps... but he had not, and this was the price paid.
22. Mad
The memory of her eyes haunts him as he searches; some days he worries if he does not find her soon he will go mad with wanting.
23. Child
It never ceases to amaze him, how their traits have combined so seamlessly to form this perfect child.
24. Now
Once he was too professional to allow them a scream; now he revels in it.
25. Shadow
He knows that without them, he will be but a shadow of what he once was.
26. Goodbye
As they give her body to the sea he knows he will never forget that final whispered goodbye.
27. Hide
Her disapproval was something she never bothered to hide from him, and her love is something she cannot hide now.
28. Fortune
Though it is plain she wishes he would stay, she wishes him good fortune on his hunt as she kisses him farewell.
29. Safe
If he could, he would keep them here forever safe in his arms.
30. Ghost
Like a ghost he has always felt at peace in darkness, but she makes him think that one day he might yet walk in the light.
31. Book
He can read her every thought like an open book through those mesmerizing eyes.
32. Eye
As he turns, keeping her gift carefully concealed, he can see her peeping eye quickly shut though her mischievous smile does not fade.
33. Never
Though the memories can be agonizing, he would not trade them for all the worlds; the thought would never even cross his mind.
34. Sing
It feels strange to sing to her but not unpleasant, and the simple joy she takes in his song delights him.
35. Sudden
It was too sudden for even his sharp mind to process, how could his vibrantly alive wife have come to this terrible end so swiftly?
36. Stop
Her melodious voice breaks as she gasps out a 'stop', but he is captivated by the sound of her laughter.
37. Time
If he had one wish it would be that time would stop so he could bask in the heat of her embrace forever.
38. Wash
His gaze is indifferent as he washes his hands of their blood, watching the water turn a viscous pink.
39. Torn
The message comes in on the comm. system; looking between his son and the screen he is torn for a moment, but then he reaches out to press the button.
40. History
History may remember him as the greatest assassin that ever lived, but to his mind his son is his greatest accomplishment.
41. Power
He holds the power of life and death in his hands, but he knows she does not fear him; she is not afraid to die and if he could he would never let her.
42. Bother
Her tendency to leave everything in a happy chaos would have bothered him in anyone else, but now he finds it oddly endearing.
43. God
When he first entreated her forgiveness she rebuked him for playing god; in fact he is only a willing slave.
44. Wall
He had kept a wall about his heart and mind for so long it stunned him when it crumbled so quickly for the sake of a stranger.
45. Naked
He feels naked without his weapons, but he will never bring them into this room- the nursery where his wife and child sleep so trustingly.
46. Drive
The need to protect and provide for them has been his drive these last few years; his failure to do so nearly breaks him.
47. Harm
He swore he would do her no harm; that he would allow no harm to come to her-he has never broken an oath before.
48. Precious
She is so very precious to him he dares not even contemplate what depths he would sink to were anything to befall her.
49. Hunger
As he cradles her lifeless body, he can feel his last well of mercy dry up, leaving an empty gnawing feeling of hunger he knows can only be sated with blood.
50. Believe
Rainy days are the hardest, evoking memories of that first fateful encounter, but he draws comfort from his faith; he has to believe that one day they will meet beyond the waves.