,^~\†%§###                                          ###§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§§§@                                          @§§§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§#@@                                          @@#§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§#@#                                          #@#§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§#@#                                          #@#§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§@##                 ,,,\,,,                  ##@§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§#@@            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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