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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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