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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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