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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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