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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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,,,-~:§%¤# #¤%§:~-,,,
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