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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 ###&&%/»~¨
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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. #&%/»¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~/%&& &&%/~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~»/%&&&## 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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