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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 ¤=-,......
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.,-†=%¤¶@@ 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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