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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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