,,,.~\^*¤# #¤*^\~.,,,
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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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