—Huh?
He didn’t seem to feel apologetic for making Tatsumi tell him he was blind, nor for asking a blind person for a favor. He just seemed to be troubled that he wouldn’t pick up his mask for him. He thought he may be blind too, but knew that wasn’t the case from what he had said earlier.
—&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;I don’t really get it, but I guess he can’t grab it himself for some reason.
Since the park was so big, he wasn’t limited to asking the person closest to him for help. Normally people would say, he’s blind, so can someone else help me, but from the way the man behind him asked him to pick it up for him in a quiet voice, he must not have wanted to draw much attention to himself. He seemed troubled, so Tatsumi grabbed the electronic white cane leaning next to him, and stood up.
“Um, please wait a moment.”
“Huh? But, you can’t see&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”
“It’ll be all right. Probably.”
Tatsumi started to walk, using the tip of his cane to search around. Since it was a mask, he could possibly break it if he were to walk while hitting it against his path like he usually did, so he searched for it while sc.r.a.ping the tip against the ground.