As Adrian followed her he noticed something weird. The staff she carried was used to guide her, as if she had to feel out the path she was taking. Adrian watched her staff for a few seconds, putting the pieces together in his head. The way her eyes lacked all the emotion they should, how she never truly looked directly at him, and now she was using the staff to help herself see. Hotaru was blind. The realization hit him like a ton of bricks. He staggered in his step and had to take deep breaths, When? How? was all Adrian could think. He eventually gathered enough air to form words, "Hotaru, what..what happened to you? Why can't you see?" He hoped she knew what he meant, because he wasn't sure he could bring himself to ask the question again.
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