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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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