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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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