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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 @@@¤%*^~^¨
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¨¨¨¨^^~^*¤ 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. ¤%%^~~~~^¨
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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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