¨~~\*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*\~~¨
¨~~\*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*\~~¨
¨~~\*$¤@@# #@@¤$*\~~¨
¨~~~~~*$¤@ @¤$*~~~~~¨
¨~~\*$¤@@# #@@¤$*\~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~\*$@ ¨¨¨\¨¨¨ @$*\~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨~~~~\$¤@ 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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