,.-*^¤#@## ##@#¤^*-.,
,.-*^¤#@## ##@#¤^*-.,
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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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,.-*^¤#@## ##@#¤^*-.,