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"I don't think we've quite hit fetish territory yet," Matt teased her in response. "Knowing someone with a disability does mean seeing someone operate in a new way. It's okay to be curious how it works. I sometimes wonder what it'd be like to know the world like you do, too." He was being honest. While he didn't see himself in need of a cure, and Kate was quick to catch herself on that, the road to accepting his blindness had been a long one. He'd been angry and bitter for years, especially as his powers took hold and he hadn't been able to control them. Now, of course, he'd made peace with it, but it was a complicated situation that hadn't happened overnight.

It took a minute or two for Kate to arrive at her question. Matt let her get there in her own time, setting the stage with the story. He sipped his coffee, his other hand lightly rubbing the back of her neck and playing with her strands of hair. The question surprised him, but he gave it thoughtful consideration afterwards. "To see for one night? I guess that there might be a little sadness afterwards. I've spent thirty years getting used to not seeing, so I'm sure there'd be some hardship in letting it go afterwards again." He smiled a little in her direction. "Not all sadness is bad, though. Everyone gets a little sad when a perfect night ends, or a vacation comes to a stop. That doesn't mean we don't want to keep the good memories that came along with it. If I was given the chance to see for one night, yeah. I think I'd take it. I'd try and hold onto it as long as I could. See how much memory I could squeeze out of it for the next thirty years."