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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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