Noah came into the world with no expectations on his head- he wasn't the firstborn, the problem child, the strong one- he was simply Noah, nothing more, nothing less. He spent his days at his mother's side, ignoring the playful remarks of his older brother, filing them away for later retaliation. He read books just as voraciously as Ravello made his music, gravitating to his grandmother the way Ravello had gone to his grandfather. He sat by her, awestruck by all the mermaid lore she had to tell, before wondering whether he could do anything magical like that.

His life started, as he put it, with a few blocks of wood, some nails and an unfortunate turtle. His cousin August was attempting to stop one of those kids from harming the poor animal, preaching about animal rights or something of the sort. Noah snatched it from him while he wasn't watching, angering most of the children, and went to work on creating an enclosure for it as soon as possible. Within five minutes, he had something set up that did all that was necessary and more and he blinked, confused that he had made that himself. His parents were even more surprised than he was and he took it in stride, immediately putting himself in charge of fixing things to give himself something to do with all of his free time.

Hope's incubator was one of his tougher projects, especially with the time constraints, but it was the most rewarding. He'd fine tuned it after Hope hadn't needed it anymore, deciding it was better to be prepared than sorry, and it sat under his workbench, ready to be used at a second's notice if necessary. That was the first of many machines built to help people, many of which went to Emma to try and control the children. Once the concept of machinery that complicated was introduced to them, they all sat still, something he never failed to find amusing.

Lugano never failed to point out the fact that he was alone still, especially since all of his siblings had married and gone on to have kids. He shrugged and said that his machines were all he needed in life, and for love, he had his parents. His siblings all shrugged it off and went on their way, but Carlotta took the time to give him some sort of speech about "finding love" and "life changing experiences" and thankfully, didn't notice when he fell asleep for a few seconds in the middle.

So he continued on working, pushing the notion of love out of his head, until a girl managed to find her way into his heart. And when she asked if he was busy, for the first time ever, he said no and leaned over to kiss her. Carlotta was right. It was a life changing experience.