What Is The Conflict In Cloudia's Failure?

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Zeus meets a beautiful, unique woman named Cloudia. He began to fall in love with her. It turns out that she is blind, which makes Zeus sad. He had felt this way because, he wanted her to be able to see him. A while after they meet they began to wonder if there was a way for her to not be blind anymore. Meanwhile, during this period Cloudia tells Zeus that she has a secret. She also told him that she would not be able to tell him until the time is right. So Zeus tries and tries to get it out of her, but fails. Cloudia later finds out that is she goes to the surface for a day, she will finally be able to see. But Zeus doesn’t want her to risk being killed and tells her no. Zeus and his refusal to allow her to go the surface

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