QUOTE : <i>I could become a real artist, not merely Tommaso’s assistant. I could be more than just a peasant.<br />So yes; a little for money. But mostly I did it for the art.<br />I don’t expect these words to change how you feel. I simply want you not to see me as a monster. I don’t want to be a monster. Not anymore. Not after meeting you. I know that we disrupted your dear friend’s body, and for that I am deeply regretful. But if we had not done so, if I had not lingered in the San Domenico churchyard after standing guard for my friends, you and I might never have met. Meeting you is one thing I will never regret.<br />I hope you like the painting. Consider it a wedding present. How stupid of me to let my heart go. It was a lovely fantasy while it lasted, though, wasn’t it?<br /><br />Yours, <br />Falco</i>