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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. #@§¤†^«-..
...-«^†¤§@ @§¤†^«-...
....-«^†¤§ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE §¤†^«-....
.....-«^†¤ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¤†^«-.....
......-«^† YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT †^«-......
.......-«^ HIM. ^«-.......
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.....-«^†¤ 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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