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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 ###$$%\~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~%# GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY #%~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~\%$#### INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ####$%\~,¨
¨,~\%$#### STUDENTS... ####$%\~,¨
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¨,~\%%$### IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ###$%%\~,¨
,~\%$##### THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR #####$%\~,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~%# THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE #%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,,\$# CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE #$\,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~\$##### LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, #####$\~,¨
¨¨¨,~~%### AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ###%~~,¨¨¨
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¨,~\%$#### BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ####$%\~,¨
¨¨¨,~\\\%# HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD #%\\\~,¨¨¨
¨,~\%$#### FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ####$%\~,¨
¨,~\%$#### TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ####$%\~,¨
¨,~%$##### TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. #####$%~,¨
¨¨¨,~~%%$# #$%%~~,¨¨¨
¨,~\%$#### FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ####$%\~,¨
¨¨¨,,\%### BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ###%\,,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~\$$## YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ##$$\~¨¨¨¨
¨,~\%$#### HIM. ####$%\~,¨
¨,~\%$#### ####$%\~,¨
¨,,~~\%### 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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