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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 ##¶#¤=«,,,
,,«=¤#¶### ###¶#¤=«,,
,,,«=¤#¶## 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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