,.~†=@#@##                                          ##@#@=†~.,
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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 .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~                                          ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~† 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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