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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 ..-~*%&§@#
##@§&%*~-. .-~*%&§@##
#@§&%*~-.. 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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