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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... #@*»~~~...
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.~»:*%@¶## 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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