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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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