Ziggy, I went on to explain, as A. and I continued along the path, which was rocky in places, but smooth in others, and almost always tree-lined and winding, is the kind of character that nothing good ever happens to, but that you love anyway because there’s a sincerity or earnestness in everything he does and says, and because his personality seems to be embedded in, or expressed by, his looks. That is to say, his appearance.