†/»....... .......»/†
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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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