"He has made a connection with a foreign girl?" asked one of the officials.
The ministry of state agent sent her fellow government official a flat look. "The first girl was a British national, remember."
"Oh, yes, that's right."
Many eyes were rolled at that moment as the others realized that they had identified someone who was merely a placeholder in the conference. Of course, that was only natural, given the nature of politics, especially in a situation like this, but it was still annoying to have to deal with someone like that. Fortunately, there were other things to do, so they had something to concentrate on instead of the clueless nature of that particular agent.
"As much as we wouldn't think to refuse anyone treatment at a moment like this," a military officer commented, "isn't it a bit odd that the boy keeps on meeting girls from abroad?"
A hospital administrator shook her head. "Actually, it's not that strange at all. We happened to have been sent a lot of the cases involving foreign nationals, and so we've gotten a lot of them as patients."
"Which is why she is here?"
"Well, that's not all of it. You see, she was here as part of a cultural exchange program that hadn't been planned with the need to close our borders before they could go home," the State department official murmured.
"And that is why she is with us," another government worker commented before glancing at the medical personnel. "But what is her health issue, anyway?"
Doctor Mizuno laced her fingers together and leaned her chin onto her hands. "It's her eyes. Fortunately for her, her body was exercised from a lifetime of gymnastics to keep her healthy, but her eyes make it difficult for her to connect with others."
"Then what does she do?"
"Read, mostly. Apparently, she has a great love of books."
"Oh, that's.... Wait, if she's blind, then how does she read?" the confused official stammered.
"I never said that she was blind."
"You just told us that she was...."
"Perhaps it might have been easier on her if she'd been losing her sight," the blue haired physician muttered uncomfortably, while:
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