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,-»==$¶@## ##@¶$==»-,
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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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