If things had gone differently, if he'd volunteered for that surgery, then he probably would have handled the vision implants better.She shouldn't feel that way; he's been avoiding the subject of his implants, avoiding mentioning anything.

He wants time to burn the sight of her into his memory. If they were somewhere with a sky and a sun, he'd want to take her outside so that he could sear both things into his memory. She really is amazing, and Matt won't ever believe otherwise.

"No, Lydia. You didn't, not ever. I've just thought if I acted like everything was okay, if I kept moving forward, I would get used to the implants."