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@§*††~^... ...^~††*§@
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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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@§*~^..... .....^~*§@
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