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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... §§§=;«....
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