,:==**&@@@ @@@&**==:,
,,,,,:=*&# #&*=:,,,,,
,:==**&&&@ @&&&**==:,
,:==**&### ###&**==:,
,,,,,:=*&@ @&*=:,,,,,
,,,,,:=**& ,,,=,,, &**=:,,,,,
,:==**&@## 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... #@&&**==:,
,,,:==***@ @***==:,,,
,,,,:==**& &**==:,,,,
,:==**&&@# #@&&**==:,
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