12. Mask (2)
People are unconsciously attracted by a quick glance, and the footsteps that stop to admire and indulge in it pause. Something seemed to have happened that confused him so much that he had to stop performing lightly. A moment later, a mixture of bizarre excitement and shyness is inserted into the dry mill melody, "Excuse me...... Anyone?". of questioning. It was vaguely discernible that it was a boy's voice that made the slender legs tremble, and the female voice that was scared of people said "Sorry, please wait a moment, I'll answer right away." The crumbs of wheat fell reluctantly in the sound of slapping [poof], and the long skirt rolled up to facilitate movement was lowered, and the skin of the legs was obscured by the dirty cloth skirt that was incomprehensible.
"It's coming, it's coming. ”
With an apologetic urging sound, Leleco Vitanen rubbed his hands on her skirt and cautiously opened the door of the mill.
"Good day, is there anything you can help me with?"
"Wow...... That one...... I ......"
The other party seems to have not spoken to someone for a long time, or the love is too intense. There is a strange stiffness and sluggishness in the difficult pronunciation. However, it was far clearer than the small noises that could not be heard inside the mill, which was full of disturbing noises, and it was impossible to tell that it was a young boy from a foreign country.
The 15-year-old girl touched the handrail of the wooden ladder and walked down with a flexible movement that could not be connected with her physical condition, Roland stared blankly at the pair of unfocused pupils, the girl's dull blue pupils shrouded in thin sand and no light pointed straight ahead.
That's right. Leleko is a blind girl who has not been able to convey the colors and shapes of the world to her since birth.
However, the human body, or specifically the part of the brain, has more adaptability and regulation than the inhabitants of the world can imagine.
Brains that have never felt the image of light and are completely disrupted tend to construct and strengthen other aspects of sensory circuits to compensate for the loss of vision. Reduce the inconvenience to life. I don't know if it's born or acquired, this girl can process the other 4 senses faster than ordinary people, plus memory and intellectual strengthening. Lyleco can draw [images] in his mind on his own.
It's like some animals that don't rely on visual action.
Step over the threshold and down 12 steps and breathe in the liquorice-scented air. The girl followed the voice to Roland and asked:
"Is there anything I can do to help......? Children from other places?"
The source of the sound that could not be found in the memory materials was consistent with the hoarse childish child's voice, the tired, heavy breathing after a long journey, the strange sense of distance that a foreigner should have when he saw him, and the uncanny sticky tone of voice were enough to prove that the boy was not from the local area.
"What about your mom and dad? It's weird, there's no adult nearby, you can't be alone, right?
Aware of the fact that the boy was not accompanied by an adult, Lai Le Ke could not help but feel surprised and uneasy worry, and carefully inquired about the situation of the little uninvited guest, so that he could help the boy himself.
It was an unconscious question from kindness, but the girl who had no understanding of the situation and lacked the experience of dealing with traumatized people touched the deepest pain in Roland's heart. The fragments of memories that had been pierced into the wounds of the soul sliced into consciousness again - the burning village, the black diamonds everywhere, the darkness that devoured the landscape and the human body, Chloe, the nun, the father, the mother......
Sharper than the blade, and more painful than the blade, the fragments of the sight kept thrashing into his brain, his breathing began to grow uncontrollably, his chest rose and fell more violently than when he climbed to the top of the hill, and he held his head with both hands. The boy let out a terrible cry that only tears his heart apart: ...,