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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 ¶&==~~~,¨¨
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¨¨,~==*&&@ 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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