"Your date was blind?" Rukia stared at him. Well. She could see how that might have been a little inconvenient. It's hard to do the usual romantic things, like gaze at the stars, if only one of them could see.

"Well, perhaps this year will be different," she attempted to reassure him. "I don't know of anyone among us with any vision impairments. Perhaps you'll like the person you're paired with this time."

So don't lose hope!