,,~:**£££& &£££**:~,,
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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... @@££**:~,,
,,,~~:**&@ @&**:~~,,,
,,~:*£&@@@ @@@&£*:~,,
,,,,,~::*& &*::~,,,,,
,,~:*£&@@# #@@&£*:~,,
,,,,,,~*£& &£*~,,,,,,