[ WP ] You are the last person on earth with sight . Everyone else is blind .

`` It's beautiful, sis. You can see the sun going down slowly behind those trees in Ruth's backyard and it's throwing this great purple-orange swirl out, kind of like gasoline on top of water. And there's this cloud that looks like a bird, maybe an eagle? And it's slowly disappearing, as if the color is too strong for it, or maybe it needs pure light and as the sun sets everything that binds it into one gets weaker and weaker. Do you want me to keep going?'' 
 
 `` No, that's okay. I love you, big brother.'' 
 
 I feel her warm hand give mine a squeeze before she pulls my arm around herself and snuggles close. Pretty soon I wo n't even be able to see for her anymore because my sight will be gone too. But that's not as sad as the fact that I wo n't be able to bring my kid sis something no one else can. She's six, and one of the first generations of humans to be born since humans lost their sight to The Virus. 
 
 Everyone knows what you mean when you say that, because all the other ones have real names. The Virus. That's what it's called. It appeared and before the scientists could figure out how to fight it, they lost their sight. I guess it figures, if you lock yourself in a room with something that wants to harm you in order to study it - or snuggle with someone who's infected. 
 
 The world is a strange place now, The Virus spread so fast. I mean, not like the-whole-world-in-a-week kind of fast, but fast enough to fuck everything up, since civilization as we knew it kind of relies on sight. 
 
 Relied. It's around-ish still, thanks to heroic efforts by the blind community to teach everyone something about how to survive without their eyes, but as more and more people lost their sight, things we took for granted stopped existing. Google never did quite figure out self-driving cars. 
 
 It hit factories really hard, even the automated ones, before someone converted the limited controls to work for blind folks. Let me tell you, right when we thought smartphones and touch screens were hitting their stride, nature said a big no to that trend. 
 
 It's been 10 years now since The Virus first hit us, and I'm the last known person with eyesight. The first symptom was just a regular cold, but I can already feel the dimness creeping in. Pretty soon white clouds will fill my eyes. 
 
 Even though the world is way different than I ever thought it would be, and not for the better, somehow 10 years was enough for humans to adapt to this new condition. Sure, it was a rough ride along the way, but the species is n't really in danger. We're probably more united than ever. So what makes me the saddest is that I wo n't be able to be Emily's eyes anymore. And there's no one to replace me.
