"Before I went to the Academy, I was very lonely, especially before they understood that I was not visually impaired and sickly..." Iku shook her head.  "Things were so different back then, especially when we came here and found out that my condition was a gift..."<br/><br/>Her days of the Academy brought a smile to her face, but it was the strained sort of smile one had when thinking of the happy days before a horrid tragedy. "Cherish those good moments with family as much as the bad ones, Hiro."