How Green Becomes Wood

"I think she would like much of it." Dark said, a bit of sadness just barely creeping into his voice. He had adjusted to the practicalities of living with and loving a blind woman, but even still, sometimes his heart still felt some longing for her to be able to experience the world the way the rest of her family could. "Tifla, you have to tell Mama all about what we saw today, okay? It is your job."

As they came to the end of the tunnel, there was an oversized replica of a shark's head in front of a backdrop and an aquarium employee offering to take family pictures for everyone exiting the tunnel.
 
The twins glanced back at the walkway instead of ahead to the photo opportunity and turned to Dark. Both had identical looks of hope and longing and spoke nearly simultaneously. "Can we go again?"

"There was way too much to see!" Xander stated.

Alec nodded. "Way, way too much to see!"
 
"Nice!" the twins cheered and scrambled around to find the way back so they could get on the walkway again. They didn't even pause to look at any of the other displays, focused on getting around to where they'd begun. When they found the start of the walkway once again, they waited for Dark to join them and then stepped on. This time, they focused on the sides of the watery tunnel instead of above. They had a great time, this time trying to guess what fish were which until Xander spotted one.

He reached out toward Dark to get his attention without touching and pointed. "Red snapper! There it is!"
 
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