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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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