New Beginning (Honkai Impact Fanfic)

Chapter 13 Recovery

"Hello Liana, I am your nurse for the duration of your stay here on the base's ward, please feel free to call me whenever you need help using the button that is located beside your bed. Since you are blind, we decided to move the button closer to the bed so that you can reach for it easily, I will move your hand to the button's location and please remember the approximate position." The nurse said as she moved my hand to the button.

It has been a couple of hours since the others have left, leaving me alone in the ward until the nurse enters. The nurse's voice is familiar for some reason but I don't remember where I have heard it.

"Oh ok, by the way, what is your name? have we met before?" I asked

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I am Monica, the counselor from the school from before." Monica said

"What? you said you are a nurse? what are you doing here?"

"Oh actually, I currently work here as part of the medical staff in charge of mental health but I decided to help you adapt to your current situation. Since I have worked before as a counselor, I have some exposure to blind kids and know some of their struggles more so than most people. Thus I decided to become your nurse and mental help to cope with your lost vision." Monica explained

"But it is only temporary"

"Well, we never know for sure how long it will take, so to be on the safe side, we need to keep track of your mental stability dealing with your blindness so that we can help you recover and lower your stress."

"I mean sure it sucks to be blind, but I don't really see a big deal with it." I said

"Madam? are you joking? what do you mean being blind is not a big deal?" Monica replied with a bit of a perplexed tone to her voice.

"Eh?"

"You probably haven't noticed it or just haven't woken up for a long time, but blindness can cause stress in people. A previously simple task is almost impossible when you are blind, eating is a lot more difficult since you can't even see the food, and going to the bathroom takes a lot of work. It is especially apparent in people who have just lost their vision that they will be a bit disorientated since their sense of hearing and touch hasn't been that developed yet. After some time, the body will adjust to the lack of vision and will prioritize resources to process hearing and touch more, but it will take time. This delay can have a dramatic impact on the person's mental state thus I am tasked to check on you every day and help you to adapt until your vision returns." Monica explains, I must say, her words have merit.

"Oh ok, I guess I will count on you in the future Ms.Monica"

"Yes, and also just call me Monica" Monica replied cheerfully

"Ok, call me Liana as well" 

"Sure thing Liana, now let me get dinner ready for you, excuse me" Monica goes out of the room.

I was alone again in the ward. I didn't tell her that I actually cannot hear her that well. I think it is not just my sight, but my hearing is also affected, but it is still working, and I could communicate with her, but it is degraded for sure. My touch and smell are also affected, and if I were to guess, my taste also is operating in degraded performance. It might be the side effects of withstanding enormous amounts of honkai energy, similar to how back in Nagazora when I met Mei-senpai again after I ran away from nee-san's captivity, I gradually lost all my senses. But contrary to that time, I feel no pain, no suffering, no feeling of corruption, no feeling of being full of honkai energy, in fact, I think I lack honkai energy. I don't know why, but I have a feeling of needing more honkai energy, perhaps I will need to ask Einstein about it, but I won't tell her that I am having degraded performance on my other senses, I don't want them to worry too much about me.