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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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