.^~*%¤@### ###@¤%*~^.
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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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