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¨~~=%§§### NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ###§§%=~~¨
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¨¨¨¨~~=%§§ 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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