09-10-2008, 12:44 AM
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He was blind. The disease must have done it, coming like a thief in the night. Ahren had not suffered any permanent effects from the illness, and for this he was lucky. Of all the things though, to have one’s sight taken away was terrible. The blonde had experienced this in two different intervals—first with color, and then with the loss of his left eye. Both times, he had wanted to go mad. Both times, he very nearly had. “Yes,” he said evenly, wondering how he managed to keep his voice so calm. “I can’t survive a winter alone.”
Neither can you. A shadow crossed over his face, and his ears turned back slightly. They had to stay here.
He was blind. The disease must have done it, coming like a thief in the night. Ahren had not suffered any permanent effects from the illness, and for this he was lucky. Of all the things though, to have one’s sight taken away was terrible. The blonde had experienced this in two different intervals—first with color, and then with the loss of his left eye. Both times, he had wanted to go mad. Both times, he very nearly had. “Yes,” he said evenly, wondering how he managed to keep his voice so calm. “I can’t survive a winter alone.”
Neither can you. A shadow crossed over his face, and his ears turned back slightly. They had to stay here.