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Andarien shook his head, keeping his hands over his eyes. "I don't like it," he complained. "It's always too bright and it hurts!"

Earendil sighed. "Now you're just being silly," he reprimanded his son. "Now that we know what you're seeing, we'll all try not to do anything to make it worse. But we can't change what we are, and you can't go through life with your hands over your eyes. Now come on, you're going to make her feel bad."

Andarien didn't respond, other than to bury his face against Lin's chest.

Andarien sniffled. "But it hurts ..." he mumbled into his hands.

Earendil looked worried. "Then we need to know if you can still see all right," he told his son. "Come on, look around. Look at the sand, if you don't want to look at people, but you need to tell us what you see."

If it blinded him like Ioreth's changing had blinded Lady Kirahn and the children, then this could be potentially dangerous for Andarien.

Andarien turned his head slightly and cracked one eye open. His pupil was tiny, as if someone were shining a light in his face. He could see the side of the wagon, but there was a white spot in the center of his vision, so he couldn't see what he was looking at directly, only around it.

"There's a hole," he sniffled, poking the wagon where he saw nothing. He was surprised to feel it solid under his fingertip.

"Then I would suggest we bring him to Alassëa," Earendil said. "Come on, if we take him to her we don't have to stop the wagons."

She and Aethos were in the other wagon, but it wasn't as if they were going at a fast pace. It would be simple enough to hop off the wagon and climb onto the other one.

"Look, visitors!" Emile grinned when Lin, Earendil and Andarien climbed up into the second wagon. "Company getting boring over there?"

Emile was sitting at the back of the wagon with Luk, Alassëa and Aethos, while Aric, Leilani, Remiel, and Kaito were up at the front.

"Is he hurt?" Alassëa said immediately, instantly concerned. "Bring him here."

She nudged Aethos aside to make room for the boy.

Luk frowned. "That's going to make it very difficult for him if he's going to travel," he commented. "Or just to be in this world for that matter. This world is made from magic, and it's filled with it."

He pointed at one of the bags on the other side of the wagon. "Emile, pass me my bag," he told him.

Emile did so, and Luk began to rummage around in his bag.

"So he won't be able to escape it no matter what," Luk frowned as Alassëa put one hand to Andarien's eyes. "I ... don't know if it will help him, but ... I do have my sun lenses here ... maybe those will help, at least for now."

If that didn't work, he wondered if they would be able to find something for him in Caras Galadhon. There, he knew, there were many wonders that could help people who needed help, for mortals and immortals, humans, elves and half-breeds.