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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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