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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. ¶¤%%†=~,,,
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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. ¤%%†=~,,,,
,,,~=†%%¤¶ ¶¤%%†=~,,,
,,~=†%%¤¶# 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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