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#@#¤*%*--¨ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ¨--*%*¤#@#
#@#¤*%*--¨ ¨¨¨*¨¨¨ ¨--*%*¤#@#
#@#¤*%*--¨ ¨--*%*¤#@#
#@#¤*%*--¨ 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... ¨--*%*¤#@#
#@#¤*%*--¨ ¨--*%*¤#@#
#*****--¨¨ 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. ¨--*%*¤#@#
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@¤¤%*---¨¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨¨---*%¤¤@
@#¤¤*%*--¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨--*%*¤¤#@
#@#¤*%*--¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨--*%*¤#@#
¤%%--¨¨¨¨¨ HIM. ¨¨¨¨¨--%%¤
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@@#¤*%*--¨ 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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