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,,~:%*¤### NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ###¤*%:~,,
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,,,~:%*¤## 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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