"Mm. I think you might misunderstand. I go on each day without many in my life now. Without my men, without my people, without Hephaestion, without my wives. Yet my ability to move forward in life does not mean I do not miss them and that there isn't an emptiness in my heart from them not being here. I treasured them in my life just as I treasure them now. Just as I treasure you now. If you were to disappear from my life, I would keep walking forward but that does not mean I would not feel the weight that comes from no longer having you here."

He knew loss, had experienced it often in his life due to how he'd lived. Iskandar knew what it was like to lose someone then still carry them in his heart. There were many names that he kept close that he would never forget so long as it was within his power. "That is the great power of meaning something to a person. It is a beautiful thing."