.~~;=%@@@@ @@@@%=;~~.
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.~~;=%@@## ...;... ##@@%=;~~.
.~~;=%%@@@ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND @@@%%=;~~.
.~~;=%@@## ...;... ##@@%=;~~.
.~~;=%@@## ##@@%=;~~.
~~;=%@@### A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ###@@%=;~~
.~;=%@@### EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ###@@%=;~.
.~~;=%@@## SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ##@@%=;~~.
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.~~;=%@@## 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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