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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... ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. ^,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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