I was not trying to scare anyone. I was actually the frightened one. The system was scaring me in a way I had not expected it to. I was able to see the moment the water spilled over my eyes, and when it stopped, I was back to being blind, although my senses were heightened. I could perceive the things around me in an unusual way. I could hear longer sounds, think faster, and my senses of smell were awesome. It was always said that when you lose one thing, then you gain another. I was not sure if that was what was actually happening to me. Sandra had helped; she had pushed me out of my shell. Maybe she had even helped trigger the system to have some hope in me. Her hand trembled when I released her. For a moment, the hallway fell into silence. Dozens of students stood with their

