I stress friend, because I'd been blind before, and for a longer time.I stress friend, because I'd been blind before, and for a longer time. I'd recovered, and although that blindness was hundreds of years in the past, I hadn't forgotten how to deal with it. I could still read braille, and P'nyssa had gotten me a braille PADD. It isn't true that smell and hearing get more acute when one goes blind. No, it's more that I'm paying more attention to those senses. People close their eyes to enjoy the smell of food, after all. My nurse, A'l', was annoyingly insistent about helping me. He's a good sort, and a Mustel, the newest race born to Pendor, but he can be annoying. Even though it's an android, he was still annoyed by Voll's presence next to my bed. "We can't have a dog in here, sir," he said. |