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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. ###¤*=\»:,
,:»\=*¤### ###¤*=\»:,
,:»\==**¤# 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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,:»\=**¤¤# #¤¤**=\»:,
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