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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...                ¨¨^^///%@@
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@#§/^^¨¨¨¨ 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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