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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 #====¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=*=$#@## HIM. ##@#$=*=,¨
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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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