#@@#&%/=,¨ ¨,=/%@@#
#@@#&%/=,¨ ¨,=/%@@#
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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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