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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 %†:-^.....
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.....^-:†% 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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