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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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