"Mary? Are you in here? I was asked to fetch you for dinner."
"I'm not hungry um… Loki."
"Nonsense, you haven't eaten all day. You haven't even left your bedroom."
"I'm really not hungry."
"Young one, you will leave your chambers and you will eat your evening meal with the rest of us, whether you like it or not." Loki opened the door to be greeted by darkness.
"Please don't turn the lights on," Mary asked pleadingly
"Why should I not?"
"The colors… If the lights are off, I can't see the colors."
"What do you mean-" He cut himself off as her words clicked. "Your auric sight has returned to you."
"My what?"
"I shall explained, but only if you allow me to turn a light on. You must learn to get used to these again."
"Why?"
"Spending the rest of your life in darkness is no way to live."
Her lamp clicked on, but as she looked around, her face screwed up and she buried her face in her hands.
"You'll have to open your eyes, Mary." Loki said as he crossed the room to sit across from her on the bed.
"Hurts…" she sounded every bit a helpless child, probably exactly how she felt too.
"I know, child, but you need to look in order to learn. Start by look at a piece of furniture."
After a few minutes, she hesitantly peeked out between her fingers at the bookcase in the corner of the room. She squinted a little, and her eyebrows furrowed, but after a few minutes both replaced by a look of curiosity
"Better now?" Loki asked
"What did you say they were?"
"Auras. They are electromagnetic fields that surround everyone and everything."
"Can a lot of people see them?"
"No, not here on Midgard. Many people on Asgard have the ability though."
"Does that make me special?"
"Mary, you sadly cannot recall how special you truly are but with the return of your Sight, I believe your memories will return soon enough."
"I've been hearing that for a week and a half now, so it must be true" Mary turned her gaze to Loki and blinked rapidly, "You are a lot brighter than my books."
"I would hope so. Now, come, it's time for our meal."
"Good, I'm starved!"