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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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