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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 @@§§†»»».,
,.»†§$@#@@ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE @@#@$§†».,
,,,,,,»§$@ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, @$§»,,,,,,
,.»†§$@#@# AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE #@#@$§†».,
,,,,.††$$# #$$††.,,,,
,.»†§$@#@# BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES #@#@$§†».,
,.»†§$@@#@ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD @#@@$§†».,
,,,,,.»§$@ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK @$§».,,,,,
,.»†§$@### TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ###@$§†».,
,,,,.†$$@@ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. @@$$†.,,,,
,.»†§$@#@# #@#@$§†».,
,.»†§$@#@# FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE #@#@$§†».,
,.»†§@#@## 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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