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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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