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Last Week’s FFF: Still Human
Daphne only ever saw darkness. Blind from birth, she lived her life through her other senses. She had gotten very good at this. She achieved her agility primarily by sound. She couldn’t hear echos bouncing off of things like a bat. But sound did help her identify objects, nonetheless.
Every object made a sound for her. The difference between her cane striking concrete versus a dirt was as different as a wind chime sounded verses a drum. Everything she could tap sang to her in its own unique song. This was also the easiest way of identifying people. Be it the wheezy, mouth breathing of her deceased husband, Continue reading