"Each person is a carved piece of wood," Florida notes. "Even if the shape it is pushed into is the same to the casual eye, looking close shows why each should be cherished for itself. The grain of the wood, the specific color. Where did the knots and gnarls make the wood harder and more difficult to shape? Where did the artist's chisel bite a little too deep, or not deep enough? Every man is their own man, different and important, to be viewed in what makes them themselves."

That makes him smile. "I'm an information broker, a spy, and a former top-notch assassin. I never would have gotten anywhere if I couldn't view a person for who they are rather than who they were, want to be, or might be like."