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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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