Although Crystal is shot in the back, there is no blood on her back or her dress.
Captain Coffin tells West, "You'll be amazed how blindness sharpens the other faculties..." Although this has been a popular notion for many years, it has been shown that, rather than actually having sharper senses, blind people adapt by learning to use their other senses more effectively. It is similar to a trained musician being able to pick up more nuances in a piece of music than a non-musician, even though both are receiving the same information.
"Sharpen" is often used as a synonym for "hone," as in "to hone one's skills/to sharpen one's skills." Hone is defined as "to make more acute, intense, or effective." Therefore, to sharpen one's senses is to make them mo re effective. To say that one is not sharpening, but adapting to use more effectively, is oxymoronic, as is the statement that something that has been a popular notion for many years when describing a scene set in the 1870s is somehow a character error (140 years later). This character could not have known then what is purported to be "known" now.
"Sharpen" is often used as a synonym for "hone," as in "to hone one's skills/to sharpen one's skills." Hone is defined as "to make more acute, intense, or effective." Therefore, to sharpen one's senses is to make them mo re effective. To say that one is not sharpening, but adapting to use more effectively, is oxymoronic, as is the statement that something that has been a popular notion for many years when describing a scene set in the 1870s is somehow a character error (140 years later). This character could not have known then what is purported to be "known" now.
Cristal can be seen breathing after she is shot. Especially when West places her on the chair.