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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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