Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart used to know
Things it yearns to remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.

Kolya is an ex-Cyberian prince turned space pirate. He has data ports in his wrists, nanites in his veins, and is hundreds of years old despite looking no more than 19. On the starship Aurora, he's the chief—and indeed only—engineer.