As David and Saliana walk alone together in the magnificent gardens, catching up on old times and new, he talks about his hearing.
“There is an operation that can make me hear again back home. It"s called a cochlear implant.”
“Is this what you want?” Saliana asks.
“I don"t know. I love being here where I can hear everything. I still don"t understand it. When I was here before, I needed the Singer to help me hear, but now I don"t have it and I can hear perfectly.”
“When it was the Island of Darkness, there was so much chaos and treachery – interference in the air waves, Father likes to say – that you needed an instrument like the Singer to help you hone in on the important sounds. But now, in the Kingdom of Light, everything is harmonious, and you can hear with clarity without the cryst
