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,-«*%@#@## ##@#@%*«-,
,-«*%@#@## ##@#@%*«-,
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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... ##@#@%*«-,
,-«*%@#@## ##@#@%*«-,
,-«*%@#@## ##@#@%*«-,
,,,,,,,«%# #%«,,,,,,,
,-«*%@#@## ##@#@%*«-,
,-«*%@#@## ##@#@%*«-,