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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 #@@#@%:~..
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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. @###@%:~..
.~:%@#@@## ##@@#@%:~.
..~:%@#@@# 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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