..-:=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=:-..
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..-:=$¤¶@# #@¶¤$=:-..
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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 @¤=:......
..-:=$¤¶@# LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, #@¶¤$=:-..
....-==$¶@ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE @¶$==-....
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..-:=$¤¶@@ BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES @@¶¤$=:-..
..-:=$¤@## HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ##@¤$=:-..
..-:=$¤¶@# FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK #@¶¤$=:-..
..-:=$¤¶@@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @@¶¤$=:-..
..-:=$¤¶## TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ##¶¤$=:-..
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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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