##@#*%†-^,                                          ,^-†%*#@##
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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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