Since the play must be performed to the hilt, the moment his eyes were "healed" by Jesus, whether it was joy or the instinctive gesture of shielding his eyes from the glare, every action had to appear utterly authentic.
Si Ren covered his face with one hand, then slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, tears welled up involuntarily—not tears of emotion, but fluid secreted by his tear glands in response to the sudden, glaring light.
After a moment, once his eyes had completely adjusted to the sunlight, he held his hands up before his face and inspected them repeatedly. Then the smile on his face grew uninhibited, and he excitedly looked around at the furnishings in the room.
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