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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... @#†:»,,,,,
,,,,»:†#@# #@#†:»,,,,
,,,»:†#@## ##@#†:»,,,
,,»:†#@### ###@#†:»,,
,,,»:†#@## ##@#†:»,,,
,,,,»:†#@# #@#†:»,,,,