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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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,~-:†¤¤¤## ##¤¤¤†:-~,
,~-:†@#### ####@†:-~,
,,,,~:†@## ##@†:~,,,,