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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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