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....,~\%@¤ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ¤@%\~,....
.....,~\%@ ...\... @%\~,.....
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.......,~\ 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. @%\~,.....
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...,~\%@¤@ 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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