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¨¨¨¨¨^~%§@ @§%~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~%§ ¨¨¨^¨¨¨ §%~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~% NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND %~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~%§ ¨¨¨^¨¨¨ §%~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~%§@ @§%~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~%§@# 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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