“'Can I ask you something?' asks Will, after a while.

The man sips his whisky instead of answering.

Will asks the question anyway. 'Have you ever been in love?'

The man places his glass down and stares at Will, steel-eyed. The expected reaction, 'Once,' he responds , the word just a croak from the back of his throat.

Will nods. 'It's always just once, isn't it? The rest…they're just echoes.’”