,,,,,:~\†§                                          §†\~:,,,,,
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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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