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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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,,,,,,,~*¤ ¤*~,,,,,,,
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