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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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