Kendra night vision

"Your eyes will adjust," Kendra said. "It's dim but it isn't black."


Seth turned around. "I can see a little light looking back, a very little, but it is pitch black looking forward.

"You must be going blind, I can see way down the tunnel."


"Then you take the lead."


Kendra led them deeper into the tunnel. She wasn't sure what Seth was talking about. Sure, it was dim, but there was enough light from the entrance even to reveal the texture of the different stones embedded in the tunnel walls.


"Can you still see?" Seth asked.


"Haven't your eyes adjusted yet?"


"Kendra, it is totally black. No light. I can't see you. I can't see my hand. And I can't see any light looking back."


Kendra looked over her shoulder. The way back appeared equally as dim as the way ahead. "You see nothing?"


"My night vision is fine, Kendra," Seth said. "I could see pretty well when I went to the grove, and there wasn't much light there. If you can still see, then you can see in the dark."


Kendra thought about the overcast night at the pond when she had assumed light was filtering through the clouds. She remembered seeing into cells in the dungeon that Seth thought were black. And now here she was, deep under-ground, and despite the dwindling twilight outside, no matter how far they walked from the entrance, it had stopped getting dimmer.


"I think you're right," Kendra said. I can still see pretty well. "The light hasn't faded for a while."


"I wish those fairies had kissed me a little," Seth said.


"Just be glad one of us can see. Come on."

Chapter 16