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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 ^,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,^~= 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 %=~^,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,^~ 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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