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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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