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Before Mag could even ask, Marni squeezed her hand. “That’s Nath–um, that’s Dr. Wallace. He did your surgery. He’s about to turn your eyes on. You just needed to wake up first, because–” “Sometimes the shock of waking up to full sight can be a bit much for some patients. I find it’s better to gradually ease the patient in, so they aren’t overwhelmed. Are you ready, Ms. Defoe?” “Yes.” A machine clicked, and she could hear the doctor fiddling with a console next to her bed. There was an unfamiliar sensation in her face, a warmth, a… static. And then… the darkness she saw every day since birth began to shift in hue. Light began to work its way into her vision. Blobs of muted desaturated color. The blobs soon became shapes. The colors gaining saturation. The first thing she saw as her vision improved? Marni. She looked more beautiful than she imagined. Her skin, her hair, the cameo necklace that Mag had touched so many times. Those lips. The ones she had once kissed a few years back after a couple too many glasses of wine. And her eyes. So full of light, of love, of joy. Eyes that were looking at the doctor. But then, at Mags. “It’s a beautiful day, Maggie. Chase the morning…”

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