Braille

Nicks blindness is symbolic to his regret for leaving his friend Michael behind during a diamond heist in Sierra Leone He is unable to face his own reflection The black world that Nick lives in becomes a punishment he places upon himself almost like an extended prison sentence He has lived in this world for so long that he is afraid to see the light This is until the day he sets out to right his wrongs Upon returning back to Australia after the incident in Sierra Leone Nick is arrested for diamond smuggling Undiscovered by the authorities the most precious diamond is hidden inside him Once incarcerated he hides the diamond in his prison cell This is where he is blinded by the people he stole the diamond from 15 years on he lives alone and forgotten The day he realizes he has cancer is the day he faces the regret and remorse for his friend Michael He decides to finish what he started to get back the diamond he once hid in the prison cell