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...~\%$#@# #@#$%\~...
..~\%$#@## ...\... ##@#$%\~..
...~\%$#@# NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND #@#$%\~...
....~\%$#@ ...\... @#$%\~....
.....~\%$# #$%\~.....
....~\%$#@ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS @#$%\~....
...~\%$#@# EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST #@#$%\~...
..~\%$#@## SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ##@#$%\~..
...~\%$#@# #@#$%\~...
....~\%$#@ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL @#$%\~....
.....~\%$# CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A #$%\~.....
....~\%$#@ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY @#$%\~....
...~\%$#@# INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING #@#$%\~...
..~\%$#@## STUDENTS... ##@#$%\~..
...~\%$#@# #@#$%\~...
....~\%$#@ IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE @#$%\~....
.....~\%$# THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR #$%\~.....
....~\%$#@ THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE @#$%\~....
...~\%$#@# CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE #@#$%\~...
..~\%$#@## LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ##@#$%\~..
...~\%$#@# AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE #@#$%\~...
....~\%$#@ @#$%\~....
.....~\%$# BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES #$%\~.....
....~\%$#@ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD @#$%\~....
...~\%$#@# FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK #@#$%\~...
..~\%$#@## TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ##@#$%\~..
...~\%$#@# TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. #@#$%\~...
....~\%$#@ @#$%\~....
.....~\%$# FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE #$%\~.....
....~\%$#@ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. @#$%\~....
...~\%$#@# YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT #@#$%\~...
..~\%$#@## HIM. ##@#$%\~..
...~\%$#@# #@#$%\~...
....~\%$#@ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE @#$%\~....
.....~\%$# EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES #$%\~.....
....~\%$#@ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN @#$%\~....
...~\%$#@# THEM... #@#$%\~...
..~\%$#@## ##@#$%\~..
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