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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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