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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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