Aoi was not the average nineteen year old, just-out-of-high-school-ne'r-do-well. To make money to go to college, he had applied as a camp counsellor for a handicapped children retreat. There were two reasons for doing this: one, was the great money involved. Two was the fact that Aoi's mother had been deaf since her birth. The young, black haired adult male knew, and had obtained, the patience sometimes required to look after a handicapped person.
With regards to the word "handicapped", Aoi hated that word with a passion that grew in intensity the longer he played with the children. Those with mental difficulties were highly intelligent in i