,,-^†@¤@##                                          ##@¤@†^-,,
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,,-^†@¤@##                                          ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,,,,,^@@                                          @@^,,,,,,,
,,,,^^^†¤¤                                          ¤¤†^^^,,,,
,,-^†¤@###                 ,,,^,,,                  ###@¤†^-,,
,,,,,,-†@¤           NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND            ¤@†-,,,,,,
,,-^†@¤@##                 ,,,^,,,                  ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,,,,,-†¤                                          ¤†-,,,,,,,
,,-^†@¤@## A  STUDENT AT THE  CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,--^†@@# EYES SEWN  SHUT  FROM  BIRTH... THE MOST #@@†^--,,,
,,,,,-^^@@            SUCCESSFUL STUDENT            @@^^-,,,,,
,,-^†@¤@@@                                          @@@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤@## BUT ONE DAY HE  FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ##@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@@¤@# CAVERN.  IT WAS DEEP  IN THE MOUNTAIN, A #@¤@@†^-,,
,,,,,,,^@¤ GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ¤@^,,,,,,,
,,,,,-†@¤@ INLET   FOR  BOTH   LIGHT  AND   FALLING @¤@†-,,,,,
,,-^†@¤###                STUDENTS...               ###¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤@##                                          ##@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤@## IN  THE  FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ##@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤@## THREADS  IN HIS EYES,  OPENING  THEM FOR ##@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤¤@# THE   FIRST  TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,   THE #@¤¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤@## CRYSTALS MIRRORED  AND REFRACTED THE ONE ##@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤@## LIGHT SMIDGE  INTO  A WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, ##@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†@¤@## AND  HE   WAS  STRUCK   DOWN   WITH  AWE ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,,,,^@@#                                          #@@^,,,,,,
,,,,,-^@@@ BUT  ALSO WITH  SHAME, BECAUSE  HIS EYES @@@^-,,,,,
,,-^†@¤@@@ HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD @@@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†¤@### FROM   HIS   ROBE  TO   SEW   THEM  BACK ###@¤†^-,,
,,---††††¤ TOGETHER, AND WHEN  HELP CAME HE DID NOT ¤††††---,,
,,-^†@¤@##        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,,,,,-†¤                                          ¤†-,,,,,,,
,,-^@¤@### FOR  YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE  GUILD.  HE ###@¤@^-,,
,,-^†@¤@## BECAME  A MASTER,  AND THEN  A  PILGRIM. ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,,,,^†¤¤ YET  THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER  LEFT ¤¤†^,,,,,,
,,-^†@¤@##                   HIM.                   ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,---^†¤¤                                          ¤¤†^---,,,
,,-^†@¤@## AT  THE END  OF  HIS LIFE,  WHEN AT  THE ##@¤@†^-,,
,,-^†¤@### EDGE OF  THE WORLD  HE  OPENED  HIS EYES ###@¤†^-,,
,,,,,-†@¤¤ FOR A SECOND  TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¤¤@†-,,,,,
,,-^†@¤@##                 THEM...                  ##@¤@†^-,,
,,,,,,^@¤¤                                          ¤¤@^,,,,,,
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