.,~*^$&### ###&$^*~,.
....~*$$&# #&$$*~....
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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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.,~*^$#### ####$^*~,.