[ unfortunately, he's fairly certain he knows the culprit - that strange ghostly figure that screeched at him and then disappeared a few nights ago. That doesn't explain the actual nature of the injury. Were his eardrums ruptured? Was it something mental? There's a strange lack of pain, and he can't exactly observe it without cutting himself open. Zara has his limits.

For now, he'll be content with the temporary fix. ]

It was worth asking. I haven't been able to understand much about it, either, other than we're far from the only ones suffering from it. Blindness is going around, too... somehow.