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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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