"I'd die before I forgot," Bayard says, with all that purity of someone who hasn't really considered the prospect but has devoted themselves to it too far to back out even if they did.

He sits down and starts to draw a bit more, trying to imitate the beautiful designs Altair has been working on.

"I don't care if I'm persecuted. Jesus Christ was persecuted too, I hear, and he saved all of mankind. At least, that's what my Granny tells me."