Angeline smiled in Ashton's direction. "Plants smell nice," she agreed, "and some of them have really interesting textures," with this she pantomimed a feeling motion with the fingers on her free hand for him. His concerns about feeling like there were a lot of things he really was going to have to catch up with prompted her to lay her head on his shoulder.

"Well, I used to be able to see," she said slowly, "and now I try to piece together a world that's only gotten bigger with the smallest pieces of information I have from so long ago." Angeline wasn't sure if she was wording it right, "If I can do pretty OK, you'll do fine. Promise."

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