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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 ¨,-**¤&#@#
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@#&¤*-¨¨¨¨ 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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