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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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¨¨¨¨¨~*@@# #@@*~¨¨¨¨¨
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