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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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