Six foot five. Two hundred twenty-five pounds. All muscle-broad shoulders like red cedar, tapering to narrow waist. Back like an oak. Thick arms, thick calves, hands scarred but open. Face: square jaw, rough beard, Hebrew eyes but wider, like Hopi storytellers, or a Chinese wind-breaker. Sun-darkened olive skin. No softness-except when he smiles once. Once. Like Christ remembered. Sword-Laban's copy-across his back. Steel chipped, singing. Light not on him-through him. Countenance of fire. Quiet. Loyal. Unshakable. If all men were like him, hell would crumble. See more