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