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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 ¨-»/*%&@@@
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##@@%*/»-¨ 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... ¨-»/*%&@@@
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@@@&%*/»-¨ 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 ¨-»/*%&@##
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@&**/-¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨-»/*%&@##
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#@@&%*/»-¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨-»/*%&@@#
#@@&%*/»-¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨-»/*%&@@#
#@@&%*/»-¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨-»/*%&@@#
@%*/--¨¨¨¨ HIM. ¨¨¨¨--/*%@
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@&%*»¨¨¨¨¨ 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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