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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... £@*^~,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~^* 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. ¶£@*^~,,,,
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,,,,,,~^*@ 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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