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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 ##@&%=†=~¨
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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... @%=††=~¨¨¨
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¨¨¨=†=%&@# 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 &&==†==¨¨¨
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